They stopped at a vehicle. Sky frowned. It was a white van like the one that had run her off the bridge.
She shook her head. There were tons of white vans in town.
Rosemary opened the passenger door first. Once Bella had jumped in, she closed the door and moved to the back.
“It’s just at the right corner, in the container,” Rosemary said, once the big doors were open.
Sky climbed in and went all the way to the back. The van didn’t have much inside. A couple of built-in containers. Some sheets.
Something rustled behind her as she opened the container in the corner. It was empty.
She started to turn. “I don’t—”
A sting of pain cut off her wordsandher breath. She looked down…only to see something sticking into her stomach, through her top. She yanked it out.
A dart. What the hell?
She looked up—and shock made her belly cramp. Rosemary still stood by the door, but now she had a large strange-looking gun in her hand. It was almost comical, seeing the older woman holding a weapon.
“What are you doing?” Sky asked, her words slurring as black dots danced in her vision.
“What needs to be done, dear.”
The door started to close.
She started to lunge forward, but her knees gave way. She dropped to the floor of the van, panic weaving through her veins. The deep hum of the van’s engine thrummed under her cheek. She tried to stay awake…to keep her eyes open and her mind clear. But the dark swirls in her head sucked her under, turning her world black.
CHAPTER31
Becket drove as fast as the vehicle would go. Far faster than he was supposed to in town.
Sky was in danger. And she wasn’t answering her phone.
He cursed and pressed the key on his steering wheel to call her again. Again, it rang out.
Fuck!
Sirens wailed behind him. He didn’t care whether it was Jesse or his deputies. He’d run out of the station the second he’d heard Rosemary’s name. His entire focus remained on getting to Sky before the older woman did anything.
They hadn’t even considered her. Why? Because she was elderly? Because she seemed friendly? Or because they’d been so fixated on the boyfriend?
Later, he’d kick his own ass, but right now he needed to find Sky.
He stopped in front of the doggy daycare, grabbed his Glock and jumped out of his truck. He spotted her car in the lot and didn’t know if that was good or bad.
Jesse pulled up just as Becket tried the handle.
Unlocked.
He rushed inside. “Sky?”
Nothing. Only eerie silence.
He moved around the daycare, checking every room, the yard, even the fucking cupboards.
She wasn’t here.Dammit!
He was running back into the reception area when he collided with his brother.
