Author's POV
Beneath the black spires of Gehenna Tower, Adrian stood motionless as chaos swirled around him.
"Alpha." Derek's voice came sharp through the comm. He'd arrived twenty minutes ago with Silas at his side, and now the full complement of the Storm Pack's tactical unit was staged in the shadows around the tower's base.
"We've breached the sublevels. Six floors cleared. Alpha, she's not here."
Adrian's jaw tightened.
"Say that again."
"She's not in the tower." A pause. "It's empty. Not empty like abandoned. Empty like it was never occupied. The diplomatic plates, the shell company, the whole trail. It was bait, Alpha. Damon fed us exactly what he wanted us to find."
Raze snarled beneath Adrian's skin, and for a moment the man had to close his eyes and breathe
