Chapter 85. You’re the Reason

Orion’s POV

I drove like a lunatic, tires screaming out as I took one corner after another. My heart thudded against my chest, louder than the cry of the engine. I couldn’t think straight—not when Layla was out there, so far from me.

I had been under the delusion, that I was in control, I had been handling my life like a business deal. But with grace, she got through the cracks, and Layla was paying.

I slammed on the brakes in front of an old warehouse, gripping the steering wheel. I was out of breath. No leads. No names. Just a burner chat app and a trail of payments.

Grace didn’t have a clue about where they took her, she said it again and again after I stormed back into the house when I realized that I had no hint where she was.

“They tell me nothing about what they do,” she sobbed out. “They just do what I pay them to do.”

I didn’t have time for tears.

I went back through every possible contact. But to be honest, I didn’t have tho