Chapter 54. Keep Her Safe

TARA

It had been twelve and a half minutes since Jenna said she was going to call me with an update about finding Nadia, but she hadn’t. These were the longest twelve minutes of my life, and I had never cried so much in so little time.

All Esme could do was pray for Nadia’s safety and comfort me, because not only could no one dare go out when StoneWolves were roaming around, but there was also a storm that had just started.

It wasn’t so severe as this wasn’t the time of the year when the storms hit, but it was enough to make everyone shut their doors and not willingly leave the comforts of their homes.

Different thoughts took shape in my mind, the next worse than the last, thinking of how much danger my child was in.

She would be scared no doubt, and I just couldn’t stomach the thought that something had happened or would happen to her.

Dialing Jenna’s number again, I put the phone on speaker and laid it on top of the kitchen isla