CHAPTER 104

~ Stephano

My phone buzzed on the console and I did not bother to look at the caller ID. I picked it up on the first ring. I was expecting one of my men. A lead. A location. A direction. Instead, the voice that spilled into my ear was shaking. Stuttering. It crawled with guilt.

Alex.

I sat up straighter in the backseat. A slow, cold heat crawled down my spine. I did not raise my voice at first. I kept it very low.

“Where,” I said, “the hell is my woman?”

I saw Lydia’s head snap toward me, her eyes widening a fraction. She looked almost entertained....