James's pov

We got into my parents living room, immediately met with anxious  faces

—My mum sitting with her face buried in her palms, Mrs and Mr. Barbson holding hands, Lari and Dawn holding hands, Sia staring lost into space and My dad was pacing all over in circles.

"Mum. Dad." I called to get their attention. "What's happening here?" I had a hunch something was wrong, not just wrong, very wrong.

When my dad had called me earlier to tell me to come home, I knew something had happened. There was an update on Zara's abduction, and it wasn't promising to be a good one with the mood they...