“Rosie?” Edward called out, his nervous and hesitant voice echoing through the loudspeaker. “Are you there?”

Hayden, Jared, and Beck exchanged apprehensive looks. Edward was beginning to sound fed up, the fragile stability of his relief already starting to fray.

“You don’t want to tell me where you are?” His voice took a darker, suspicious edge. “Or does he still have you under his spell?”

Myla winced at how fast his tone had gone from loving and concerned to suspicious. ...