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The witch was facing Dominic again. “Taken? Like, abducted?”
Dominic murmured the question to Blue. When she was finished replying to him, his ice-blue eyes scanned their group. “Abducted.”
Max shared another look with Dallas. Her expression told him her thoughts had gone to exactly the same place as his. “Another missing person situation,” he said. “Weren’t we just talking about—"
Dallas stood so fast, her stool almost toppled to the floor. She was halfway across the rec room before anyone could move. “The Fleet!”
Everyone stood and followed her, their questions tripping over one another.
“Am I missing something?” Jack was saying.
“I feel totally lost,” Lace complained.
Dominic urged Blue out of her chair. “Can someone fill me in?” he called after the group, hurrying to catch up. “Where are you going?”
Dallas whirled around, nearly causing Max to bump into her. “Do you have a computer here?” she asked Dominic, leaning around Max.
“What house doesn’t have a computer in it?”
She scowled. “Don’t be a dick.”
“Yes, I have a computer, Dallas. But I’m not letting you use it until you tell me what’s on your mind.”
Max explained before Dallas could blow up, “A few people have disappeared from Angelthene’s Aerial Fleet while off duty. We overheard Dallas’s dad talking about it at the Fleet event.”
Logan said, “Why hasn’t this been on the news?”
“Because someone doesn’t want anyone to know,” Sabrine chimed in. “I mean, it’s Fleet soldiers we’re talking about. That would cause panic.”
“Why would people be kidnapping Fleet soldiers?” Lace asked. “And what does this have to do with Blue?”
Dallas snapped her fingers. “Computer. Now.”
Flabbergasted, Dominic gestured to the hallway to their left. “The office is down there. What do you think you’re going to find?”
She started marching down the hallway, feet thumping. “We need to get into the Fleet database.”
It was Max’s turn to be flustered. “Dallas, you can’t break into the Fleet database with Dominic’s home computer.”
But she was already in the office. “And why not?” she called.
Everyone took off after her at once, the assortment of footwear clapping against the walls.
Max rounded the corner into the windowless office and found her sitting before the desktop, fingers hovering over the keys.
He couldn’t help but smile at the back of her head. “Well, for starters, you can’t even figure out Dom’s password, can you?”
Dominic chuckled behind him as he edged into the room. “She’ll never guess it.”
“He’ll give it to me,” she snapped at Max. “Won’t you, Dom?”
“And in case you aren’t aware,” Max continued. “Their database is one of the hardest to hack into.”
Dallas swiveled her chair around and crossed her arms. “Well?” she said to Max.
“Well what?”
She looked pointedly at his jacket. “You know who to call.”
