Chapter 12: Missing
Moana

I felt my heart sink into the pit of my stomach at the attendant’s words.

“She left quite a while ago. Did you not pick her up?”

“Hold on,” I replied, walking away briskly and trying to stay calm as I dialed the penthouse phone number into my cell phone and asked the concierge to direct me to Edrick’s suite. This had to be some misunderstanding. Surely Ella was safely home. Maybe Amy or Lily got confused with the schedule and picked her up without letting me know.

“Hello?” Selina’s voice said on the other line after a few rings.

“Selina,” I said, trying to sound as calm and collected as possible, “did Amy or Lily pick up Ella from her training?”

Selina was silent for a few moments before responding. “No. That’s your job.” Her voice sounded stern and cold, but I could sense a hint of fear behind it as she seemed to put two and two together. I knew that Selina cared for Ella just as much as I did, and the last thing she would ever want would be for something bad to happen to Ella.

“f**k,” I whispered.

“Excuse me?” Selina growled, irritated by my choice of language.

I responded. “I got stuck in traffic when I was coming

hear Selina gasp audibly on the other end of the line. “You weren’t there

a knot form in my stomach.

said, her voice quivering with anger. “Find

room spun around me as I stared down at my phone screen, but I knew I had to act quickly

you long eno– Are you alright? Where’s Ella?” he asked,

down my cheeks, trying to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had left, I had mentioned to her that I was going to

Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I have

away from the curb. I quickly buckled my seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear

streets, I saw a familiar little head of blonde hair walking at an intersection a little ways away, all by herself… And at the same time, I saw a black sports car with tinted windows barreling down the road at breakneck speeds, swerving this way and that as a

and came to a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped

motion. I found myself running faster than I ever had before. I lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in the middle of the crosswalk just as

as my body slammed into

opened my eyes, panting, and looked down at Ella in

car, which continued to careen down the city

“Mina, was it YOU?”

took Mina a while to answer, and

“That was… incredible.”

driver came running as passersby stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling out

helping me stand as I held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a word as I was too stunned and relieved to speak, I nodded

furious when we got back to the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella out of

should’ve stayed there for the duration of her training!” he shouted in front of the lobby staff.

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