Page 258 of Beyond the Blue Horizon
A sudden frenzy blazed from the other end of the line. “I don’t know…at least thirty minutes. We’ve had another round of drinks since then. I…I saw her Volvo drive by the front of the bar heading north. I thought she was going home.”
“Fuck. You’re sure?”
“Yes. I’m sure it was her. I’m positive it was her in the driver’s seat.”
Terror erupted, and I curled my hand tighter around my phone.
“Who’s with you?” I forced out.
“Charleigh and Raven.”
“Call Kane and tell him to get over there. Do not leave that bar. None of you. Stay put.”
“Theo.” Fear leached into her voice.
“She’ll be fine. She’ll be fine.” She had to be. I wouldn’t allow anything else.
I ended the call and dialed Piper again. When the voicemail answered, I rushed, “Need you to call me, Piper. Need to know you’re okay.”
I spun in a circle, not knowing what the fuck to do. Where to start. I just knew I had to find her.
I dialed Kane. It only rang once before he snapped, “What the fuck is happening?”
“Piper isn’t answering her phone. And fuck, man, Toga is here,” I grated, voice held low as I turned around in the living room.
“Toga? What the hell?”
They all knew how desperately I wanted to find him. Knew there were rumors of him reviving the Owls.
“I think he’s been here for a couple weeks. I think…” It scratched like sandpaper before I rushed, “I think he might have been the one in the SUV. Hunting me. Tracking. Looking for the perfect opportunity to strike. If he has Piper…”
I couldn’t bring myself to say it. To even think it.
“It’s okay, brother. We’ll find her. I’m heading to the bar now. I have Otto and Cash en route and on standby. River has the kids.”
“Thank fuck. Have everyone span out and look for Piper’s white Volvo. I’m going to see if Silas has a tracker on it. I’ll be back in touch.”
“Be safe,” he said.
I ended the call and turned back to Nelly.
Her face had gone ashen, and she lifted a hand to cover her mouth.
“Piper,” she quietly cried.
“It’s okay. We’re going to find her. She probably…stopped at a store.”
I wanted it to be true. But my gut told me I was only grasping for that horizon. That place where we were all supposed to finally be at peace.
Tears streaked down Nelly’s cheeks. “I need to show you something, Theo.”
“After I get back?—”
“No, now.” She took the stairs faster than I imagined she could.
I bounded up them behind her.
She went straight for Piper’s bed and dragged a duffel out from under it. It was the one Piper had kept at her feet on my floorboards the night I found them wrecked in the snow. Refusing to let it out of her sight while I’d tossed the rest of their belongings into the bed of my truck.
