Page 29 of Her Forbidden Shifters
Liam nodded. “As Savannah said while we were there, the place was made to look like Avery simply disappeared into thin air.”
“It was too neat,” I said, shaking my head and staring at a spot on the table. I was still bothered by the lack of evidence that was in her apartment. “There wasn’t even so much as a strand of hair or a speck of dust. No dirty dishes, nothing.”
Noah rubbed his temple with one hand. “What does that mean for finding my sister?”
I shrugged. “I can’t answer that right now.”
“Let me guess,” Jacob said. “This is the point where you had the hair-brained idea to go to Noah’s apartment alone?”
I ignored the accusation in his words and took a deep breath. On the exhale, I said, “Yes. I wanted to work on my own. Use my magic to find clues.”
“Unsanctioned,” Liam added.
I flitted my gaze to him. “I know. Desperate times call for desperate measures. We’re up against an unknown, limited amount of time to find Avery. And with every second that counts, I had to do everything I could to find something to lead me in the right direction. Forgive me for not being upfront about that.”
He nodded.
“What happened?” Noah asked.
“Your place was similar to Avery’s, but my intuition led me to believe I wasn’t alone,” I said.
“What?” he asked.
I held up my hand to stop more interruptions. “Let me explain.”
He nodded.
I said, “I must have gotten there as they were wrapping up. That’s the only thing I could figure would make sense on why they were still there. But the issue was, I couldn’t see them. They were essentially invisible.”
“How is that possible?” Jacob asked.
“Don’t interrupt,” I chided. “I’m telling a story here. You just need to listen.”
“My bad,” he said with a smirk, and settled into my sofa a little more.
I shook my head. “Everything was wiped clean. No energy. It didn’t sit well with me. Two shifter houses, all muted from the energy that should have been present for shifters. Not to mention dragon shifters.”
“Then what happened?” Liam asked.
That was right, I didn’t tell him every detail. At least not to the level I was giving at the moment. “A smoky shadowy figure showed up. He charged. I tried to question him, but he had so much strength. Much more than any human should have.”
“That doesn’t make sense,” Jacob said.
“No, it doesn’t,” Liam added.
“They were in my house?” Noah asked.
I nodded.
He asked, “Are they the group you suspected?”
“I believe so,” I said and took a sip of my coffee. “But I’m still not sure. I’m willing to be on it though.”
“But you got away,” he added with a dose of relief filling his words.
“Barely,” I said. “Liam managed to show up just before I passed out.”
“You never should have gone alone,” Jacob said standing from the couch. He stomped around it and started pacing the length behind it.
