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“Is this live?” I stepped forward to see better. “What the hell was Girard doing on that road?”
“That’s what I’m trying to determine.” Brody sounded tense. “But there’s no footage of some of these roads at all. I can’t tell what happened after they left Gold Moon. I don’t know when they picked up the truck.”
“What truck?” I ripped my attention from the TV screen.
“This one.” Brody indicated his screen, and I tried to focus on both the computer and the news report.
“Hey, they’re calling it a hate crime.” Jackson called my focus back to the TV.
He was right. The reporter was saying the words just as they cycled through on the ticker tape below.
“The majority of the Gold Moon employees are shifters, as is well known, and this car was seen leaving Gold Moon earlier this evening. Nothing is currently known about the truck—”
A picture of a truck flashed onto the screen.
“—that apparently ran the Gold Moon Inc employees off the road and into the Novelli river, but this story is continuing to develop, so stick with CC4 News as we bring you the latest updates.” The reporter’s tone was serious as she handed back to the studio.
“Why does the local news station have more information than we do?” I stood behind Brody, practically breathing against his neck.
“I’m still pulling it all together,” he grumbled. “Besides, they are given footage and pictures. I have to find somewhere to take it from.”
I sighed and stepped away, running a hand through my hair and tugging at the ends, frustration driving my movements.
“Okay. So I’m getting that we’re not entirely up to speed,” I said. “How about telling me where Jo is now?” My wolf was going crazy inside me, and it was almost painful trying to contain him.
Brody scooted back from his desk and looked up at me as I paced. “Okay, now I can actually answer this one.” He blew out a quick sigh like he was glad he knew something. “They’ve taken them all to Carwyn City General where they’re being checked out.”
My heart stopped. Had I really been so focused on the actual attack that I was only just now hearing how Jo was? She was at the fucking hospital?
“They’re all fine, according to my sources.” Brody offered the reassurance like he could read my mind.
“Okay.” I nodded. “We need more men there. They need to be guarded. And you pull every single frame of footage there is to see. I don’t care how little you think is available. We need everything.” I marched toward the door before turning back to glance at the TV. “The local news is already ahead of us, so we need to get back in front. As soon as the police are all over this, they’ll get everything contaminated and the scents will be useless.”
“Yep.” Brody didn’t even look away from his screen this time, instead focusing on whatever code was written up there.
“I’m going to the hospital.”
Jackson nodded. “Sure thing, Patrick.”
“I’ll let you know if I get anything useful.” Brody’s statement should have reassured me, but I didn’t like his use of the word “if.”
I headed straight down the elevator and through the new door. The two pack members who had just fitted it held it open, their heads bowed in submission, but I wasn’t dumb. They just weren’t letting me touch the door.
I didn’t think about directions or forward motion at all as I drove, but somehow, I got there. I parked in a spot at the hospital and hurried inside the emergency department.
I approached the first nurse I saw. “Josephine Everly?”
The nurse shook her head. “No idea.”
She had a point. The ER was bustling with activity, but surely she’d know the case they had in that hit the news? I glanced around again, looking for anyone I recognized. Then I slipped my cell out to call Girard. I should have thought of this before.
I could discover how he was and find Jo, all in one go.
Before I could call up his number, I spotted Jo talking to a doctor on the other side of the waiting room. Rather than abating my fear, the sight of her ramped it up. It was a foreign feeling. Something that didn’t belong inside me, and now it was running rampant through all of my nerves.
And it didn’t make sense. I barely knew Jo.Literallybarely knew her. But I wanted to ensure she was okay. I wanted everything to be all right, and I wanted to be the man who made it so.
I started walking toward her, side-stepping random people, waiting for doctors and nurses who crossed my path, but it was as though she was the only woman in the room.
