Page 76 of Whisper Of Attraction (Whisper Lake 3)

His stomach tightened in fear. What the fuck was going on? Had Ryder and Izzy snuck off together? That made no sense.

“Okay, thanks.” He lifted his hand in a half wave and started back to the SUV. He wasn’t sure if the fact that the two of them were together made the situation better or worse. He pulled out his phone to call Seth when Nate’s name popped up on the screen.

“Where is he?” Axel asked as he answered it.

“He’s at Mercy Prep and so is Izzy.”

“He’s what?” Axel stopped.

“His phone was switched off so I overrode it and turned it back on remotely. When I saw where he was I ran Izzy’s, too.”

Confusion swam in Axel’s head. What in the hell were the kids doing there?

“The lines are open now if you want to call them. Seth’s up to speed and says that we can have a team there in minutes if we need to. It’s your call.”

He had no idea if he needed to have a team there. “I’ll call you back.”

He hung up and tried his sister. After three rings it went to voicemail.

Shit.

He looked up and saw Brynn sitting in the passenger seat. She was on the phone with someone. Axel was planning how he would tell her all of this, but when he got in the car, he realized he didn’t need to.

It’s Ryder, she mouthed to Axel.

“Wait a minute…you’re where?” The crease in her forehead deepened as her face scrunched in confusion. “What are you doing…just stay there.” She barked. “We’ll talk about it when I see you. Stay there and keep your phone on.”

She lowered her phone and shook her head.

“The kids are in the city. They went to Izzy’s school because I guess Tia, the girl that she was friends with there was really upset because of something that happened with the same girls that gave Izzy a bad time. She was saying some things that made Izzy scared she was going to hurt herself. So she texted Ryder that she was going to go to the city so he’d be able to tell me if you found out she was gone, but she thought it would give her enough time to get there. He didn’t want her to go by herself so he went with her.”

“But they’re safe? They’re okay?” Axel needed to hear that they were.

“Yes. They are.” Her head was down and she was typing in her phone. “You drive, I’m going to figure out who to call at the school to let them know that the kids are there and that we’re coming to get them.”

As Brynn looked up who to contact, Axel noticed the white on his knuckles as he gripped the steering wheel. Tonight had been a series of panic inducing situations. The second that Izzy and Ryder were home and safe, he was telling Brynn everything. Including how he felt about her.

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