“Seb, you finally answered the phone!”
Dean Mercer’s anxious voice crackled through the receiver. He was always loud, so even now Sebastian Cole felt no real urgency. “What’s the matter?”
“You’re too calm!” Dean grumbled, then got straight to the point. “Leo Reyes just got an emergency call. It looks like Naomi’s in trouble. No one can reach her.”
Sebastian’s hand shook. He nearly dropped the phone.
His breathing stopped for a second. His mind went blank.
Naomi… something happened?
His breath came uneven, as if he couldn’t believe what he’d heard. “Who’s in trouble?”
Dean’s own worry leaked through. “Naomi! Stop wasting time. Finding her comes first.”
He hung up.
Leo Reyes was nearly out of his mind with anxiety. If he hadn’t known his own people were no match for Sebastian’s in a
