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“She isn’t with me and hasn’t been. I’ll send guys over to the Vault to check there. Anywhere else you need people looking?”

A breath of relief filled my lungs.

“Hellfire, and maybe send one to Syndicate. There might be a couple of people out there tonight.”

“You got it. Keep me updated and let me know if you need more guys.”

“Thanks.”

“Anytime,” he said. “Well, for her anytime. Let’s not get too friendly.”

I shook my head, ending the call, but relief filled me.

It died when Rook turned to look at me, the confusion and worry on his face making me worried all over again.

He pulled the phone away from his ear, hitting the speaker on.

“Can you repeat that?”

“Evie’s phone hasn’t moved, but when I look at all our trackers, Zack’s is still live and...”

“And what?” I asked.

Harper was quiet for a second. “It’s six blocks over. I’m not saying that has anything to do with it, but I don’t know why he would be there.”

Neither of us moved.

Neither of us spoke.

“What is the location?”

“I don’t know. The businesses there have changed again and again. I can’t tell what it is now.”

“She wouldn’t go to him,” I said, shaking my head. “She wouldn’t actually go meet up with him for anything, would she?”

“She might. If she thought she could somehow fix this, she might think talking with him could help something.”

“Or he called her to help fix things for him and she agreed.”

Rook shrugged. “Doesn’t seem great either way, considering what happened to him.”

He was right. Rook hadn’t minded me handling Zack after he realized how pissed I was about him videoing Evie and me together. It happened after Evie had stormed off, and my knuckles were still bleeding from how hard I had hit him.

It wasn’t good at all.

I was already climbing onto my bike. “If she went to meet him, we’re going to need to find out real fucking fast.”

Rook didn’t argue. He was already right beside me as we pulled out of the alley, engines roaring through the quiet streets.

I didn’t know if Evie was with Zack.

I didn’t know if this was her making a bad decision in the heat of the moment.

But I knew one thing for damn sure.

If Zack had anything to do with why she wasn’t answering her fucking phone—he wouldn’t get the chance to regret it.

Chapter 44