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Cat sighed. “You know you’re more important than any trip, Maeve.”
“I know. Love you guys.”
“Love you too,” Cat told her before turning to Gray. “You’re in charge of her safety. She is precious to us. And if anything happens to her . . . I don’t need to tell you what’ll happen to you.”
“I understand.”
The call ended and Maeve looked to Gray with a smile. “Well, that went well.”
“She’s almost scarier than he is,” he told her as he drew out his phone to send a quick text. Probably to Markovich.
Maeve grinned up at him. “Oh, she definitely is. Because there is nothing he wouldn’t do for her and that makes her extremely powerful.”
They heard the front door close and she turned as Isaiah and Sampson came in. Isaiah walked straight over to her. He frowned at Gray, but crouched in front of her.
“Are you all right, Maeve?”
Leaning forward, she hugged him. “I am. I’m fine. I promise.”
Gray drew her back against him. Silly man was so possessive.
“This is Gray,” she told him. “Gray, this is my friend, Isaiah.”
Both of them nodded at each other.
“Steve sent me the camera feed,” Sampson told them, looking up from his phone. “Said he didn’t look at it as he’s off to his golf game.”
“Good. I can go through it.” Isaiah stood, shaking his head. “Can’t believe I didn’t think to get you to ask the neighbors about their camera feeds.”
“You had enough to do,” she told him, not liking the guilt on his face.
“It was a waste of fucking time going to Montana,” Isaiah said darkly. “Especially considering that asshole somehow managed to follow you here. Wish I could work out how he did it.”
“My guess is he followed her without her knowing,” Sampson said. “Or he found her the same way he did, through Jenner.” He nodded at Gray.
“That’s the most likely,” Gray said. “And he was so furious that she ran that he tried to drown her.”
She shuddered.
“Anyway, my trip was a waste of fucking time and I could have been here, protecting you. I’ll go check this feed. You guys don’t have to come with me to my office,” Isaiah told them as they all stood to follow him. “I can see if there’s anything and let you know. Maybe Maeve should be resting.”
“That’s all I’ve done since I ended up in the hospital,” she grumbled. “I want to feel like I’m doing something.”
Isaiah nodded.
“We’d all like to feel that way,” Sampson said with a sigh. “Let’s go have a look.”
They all crowded around the computer in Isaiah’s office. He sped through the feed until they got close to the time she thought she’d gone outside.
“There I am.” She pointed to herself unnecessarily.
“I’m guessing this is about the time our cameras went off,” Isaiah muttered.
She was sitting by the pool. Even though she knew what was going to happen, she jumped when a dark figure approached. A whine of fear escaped her, unbidden.
Isaiah paused the screen, looking back at her with concern and anger.
She knew the anger was directed at the person who had done this to her.
