“Yeah, he defied orders to go back and search, so naturally, I couldn’t just let him walk into danger. I had him restrained until the delivery was completed, and then we resumed the search with more people.”

Henry’s gaze dropped, a shadow of reluctance in his eyes.

It seemed there were demons in his past he wasn’t eager to face again.

“Did you find her?”

“Yes,” he replied, his voice rough as if grating against gravel. “We found her in an abandoned ...