Alexander’s POV

I was tearing through the city like a man possessed, desperate to find Olivia and Mia. People don’t just vanish without a trace, do they? When I called Mia’s school, they told me her mother had sent someone to pick her up early, but even if Olivia had decided to leave, she would’ve confided in Grace, her closest friend. Yet Grace knew nothing, which only deepened the mystery and fueled my growing panic.

“Honestly, nothing rules out the possibility that she just ...