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“Sit.” I do as he says, crying silently.

Raiden crouches in front of me. “We’re going to find your father.”

I shake my head. “I ruined everything.”

“You didn’t.”

“Yes, I did.” My voice breaks. “I gave him the drive. I left without telling Roman. I thought I could save my dad, and now I probably made everything worse.”

Raiden looks like he wants to say something, but footsteps interrupt us. I look up, and it’s Roman.

The moment I see him, I stand. “Roman!”

Behind him, River remains near the tunnel with the man restrained on the ground.

He reaches me, and I throw myself into his arms. His arms immediately wrap around me. I start crying before I can stop myself. “I’m sorry.”

Roman holds me so tightly I can barely breathe.

“I'm sorry,” I choke out. “I just wanted to save him.”

“I know.” His voice is rough against my hair. “And I'm fucking furious with you.”

I stiffen.

He pulls back just enough to look at me, his hands framing my face. “But you’re alive. Right now, that's the only thing I care about.”

Before I can argue again, another voice speaks behind us. “You actually might have helped.”

I turn. Royal is walking toward us with the flash drive in one hand and a phone in the other. My eyes lock on the phone in his hand. “What is that?”

“The idiot’s phone.” He lifts it slightly.

My heart begins to pound again. “Can you find my dad?”

Royal’s expression becomes focused. “He has messages, location data, contacts. I need to get into it, but if he’s communicating with the people holding Dan, this could give us exactly what we need.”

Hope crashes into me so quickly that I nearly stop breathing. “You can find him?”

I immediately look at Roman. “Roman, please. Go save my father.”

His eyes return to mine. “What?”

I grip his arms. “I’m safe now. Raiden is here. Royal is here. River is here.”

My voice breaks again. “But my dad is still out there.”

For a moment, Roman says nothing. Then he cups my face. “I’m bringing him home.”

I close my eyes as another tear slips down my cheek.

Roman kisses my forehead before looking at Royal. “Get into that phone.”

“Already working on it.”

Roman turns back to me. “You stay with Raiden. You do exactly what he tells you. Understand?”

This time, I don't argue.