Kessler’s POV

I feel paralyzed as if the blood in my veins has turned to ice, freezing me in place. But I managed to ask, "How did it happen?"

"It happened so fast, boss," one of the guards quickly responds. "We were trying to be discreet, you know, so we wouldn't be seen.

The last we saw her was when she went to check the apartment. Conor stepped out, and we moved closer to check on her, only to discover that she wasn't in sight."

The shock weighs on me as I try to process the information. My mind races with questions, each one more urgent than the last. How...