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 back to pick Ella up, and…

the other end of the line. “You weren’t

form in my stomach.

her voice quivering

at my phone screen, but I knew I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as best I could, I ran out of the training facility and sprinted up to the car where the driver was waiting, climbing into

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

I said hastily as tears streamed down my cheeks, trying to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run

to the orphanage in the Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I have a feeling

seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road, passing other vehicles at dangerous speeds. As

sudden as we were speeding through the city 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

on the brakes and came to a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped out of

outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in the middle of the crosswalk just as

an impact. I shut my eyes as my body slammed into Ella’s, and together we tumbled to the

and looked down at

both of us out of the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the city street as though they hadn’t just been about to hit

“Mina, was it YOU?”

It took Mina a while to answer, and she seemed to be so

“That was… incredible.”

passersby stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling

Ella in my arms. Without a word

the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella

in front of the lobby

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