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.

traffic when I was coming back to pick Ella up,

on the other end of the line.

knot form in my stomach.

voice quivering with anger.

knew I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as

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

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

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

stepped on the gas and peeled away from the curb. I quickly buckled my seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road, passing other vehicles at dangerous speeds. As we flew down the city streets, all I could think of was Ella. Would I

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

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

street, my arms outstretched for Ella

my eyes as my body slammed into Ella’s,

eyes, panting, and looked down at Ella in

way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the city street

“Mina, was it YOU?”

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

“That was… incredible.”

passersby stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling out their phones

my arms. Without a word

we got back to the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella out of my arms, who only cried

he shouted in front of

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