~Arlo Frantz~

“She disappeared, sir.”

Those words rang in my ear, landing like a grenade and fully disorienting me.

It took a full minute before I managed to speak.

“What do you mean?” I asked, glancing at Pierce, who rushed into my office after getting a call. My voice was calm, but everyone in the room stiffened in fear.

“They lost sight of her,” Pierce said carefully. “She was pushed off a cliff by one of the staff, they haven’t seen her since.”

I felt my heart drop to my stomach. Then the room detonated with my anger.

My desk cracked after forcefully slamming it with my fist. I scanned...