Page 64 of Anger

“You’re lying.”

“No. I am not. Go and hang yourself, you psycho. But leave my babies alone!”

“Babies? Do monsters have kids? I need to check this,” Simon muttered and began walking away. He opened the door, and Lanie’s bond surged, and for a brief moment, she connected with Mac.

‘Lanie!’his voice screamed in her head.

Lanie began to reply, but Simon shut the door, and she lost connection again.

There was hope.

Mac’s voice had been incredibly strong, which meant they weren’t too far from each other. She was certainly in England still, and Lanie reckoned not far from her home.

Vladimir/Vampire

“Anything?” he asked as his siblings came and went through the mirror. They were all out searching for Lanie in their human forms.

“Mac connected with her. She is somewhere local, but we don’t know where. We think she’s in a shielded room,” Manfred replied as he entered Mary’s tower.

Mary was sitting an armchair, scrolling through the millions of mirrors she had access to. She was looking for any sign of Lanie, Simon, or Alainen.

Vladimir nodded as Manfred headed to the Hall to eat, and then he’d go back out.

“The seas and oceans are quiet. Lanie is not on them,” Jase announced as he came through. Out of all of them, Jase was taking Lanie’s disappearance the hardest. Jase, knowing Lanie was pregnant, was torturing himself with memories of what happened to Harpy.

“Lanie won’t shift, not now she’s seen the cameras. She knows if she does so, then she’ll give us away. That asshole is going to beat the children right out of her. I can see it coming,” Jase muttered.

“Mac will find her first, brother. Trust in him,” Vladimir responded.

“He is hardcore. I don’t know how he’s keeping going. His focus is outstanding,” Jase replied.

“He won’t lose her, not after just finding her,” Vladimir agreed.

“No, but let’s hope he finds her before they lose the babies,” Jase said morosely.

Vladimir nodded. Lanie had suffered enough. It was time to let her heal and have her happiness.

Mac

He looked up as Ranson entered the office. It had been thirty-six hours since their attack and Lanie’s kidnapping.

“What are you doing here?”

“Discharged myself. He is still filming her,” Ranson said.

“Yeah. And we know he’s aware of the public’s reaction,” Mac replied.

The general public were, on a whole, condemning Simon Clare, and candlelight vigils were being held across the world. The news channel had managed to cut Simon’s hack twice, but he’d locked back in a third time. Simon was completely controlling the network.

“Problem is, it’s making him worse. Because he is being called the monster because Lanie’s pregnant. He must prove she’s Lamia, or he’s in the wrong,” Ranson responded.

“Yes. We’ve a lead, though. One of the teams has found Simon used to visit this psychic. They’re checking her out now, she might have some information,” Mac said.

His gaze slid to the TV screen. Lanie appeared to be sleeping, but her arms, legs and face were a mass of bruises. Mac’s fury was beyond anything he’d felt before.

“We’ll find her,” Ranson promised as he sat at a desk.

“Before or after we lose our children?” Mac hissed.

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