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Demi, who’d been sitting with Annie at one of the tables by the stage, walked over. “What’s going on?”
“Maverick said that China called off. I was just asking why.”
Demi’s face went pale. “Shedidn’t.”
“I don’t know why she called off. She said she had something to do and needed the night. I was going to offer her some extra cash to come in, but she hung up before I could. I have no clue what she’s doing.”
Rhaider looked at Demi. “Try to call her.”
“Is something wrong?” Titus asked.
“I don’t know,” Rhaider said, watching as Demi found China’s name in her contact list and called it. “China found out about Abbie’s vision relating to Benecio. It was an accident, but she seemed content to leave things be. Maybe she went to see Abbie.”
“Her phone went right to voicemail,” Demi said. “Abbie’s too. I’ll run by her house, see if she’s home.”
“Not alone,” Rafe said.
Rhaider nodded. “I’ll take her. You three can play the songs that don’t have heavy piano in them.”
“Be careful,” Rafe said.
“Tell me if you hear from her,” Titus said. “I hope she’s okay.”
“Us too,” Rhaider said. He took Demi’s hand and stopped at the bar to tell Hemi what was going on. He urged them to be careful, and Demi promised they would be.
It was clear when they arrived at Abbie’s home that she wasn’t there. Her car was gone, and the interior of the house was dark.
“Well shit,” Demi said. “I don’t like this one bit.”
Rhaider nodded. It was one thing for China to be gone but adding Abbie into the mix was another story. It meant that the females were most likely together, especially since neither was answering their phones.
Demi called Duke and put the call on speaker. “Do you know what’s going on with Abbie and China?”
Duke cleared his throat. “I do.”
“They went to see Benecio, didn’t they?”
“Yes, they did.”
“Why didn’t you tell us?”
“Because China made me promise not to reach out to you directly. Normally as alpha I’d do whatever the hell I want, but she got Ree on her side first and I can’t say no to my mate.”
“What if she gets hurt? What if she…” Demi’s voice choked off at the last moment and she didn’t finish her sentence.
“Vale and Reign are with them,” Duke said. “They won’t let any harm come to them. China said she felt like it was her destiny to meet Benecio and see things through, no matter what the outcome might be. I agreed to keep it quiet unless you reached out, so here we are.”
“I want to go help her,” Demi said. “I don’t want her to be alone in this. It’s…I can’t lose her.”
“Absolutely not,” Duke said. “We have until the deadline to meet him and I don’t want you going off half-cocked and getting yourself hurt in the process. If you show up while China’s trying to diffuse the situation, it could blow up in your faces. We want him to want to move on from you, not dig his heels in and refuse to see the light.”
“We won’t go,” Rhaider said.
“But,” Demi protested.
Rhaider shook his head and she snapped her teeth together with a grunt. “Thanks, Duke. Let us know if you hear anything.”
“Will do.”
