Something flickered outside the window. It took everything inside Addie not to look. But she didn’t need to. She knew what it was.
“There’s something you don’t know,” she said quietly.
He lifted a brow.
“There’s a silent alarm on this cabin. It alerted Noah and Colt the second I broke the window. And I think they just arrived.”
A crunch of what sounded like glass beneath feet came from the other room.
Toby moved so quickly that she didn’t see him coming. He yanked her in front of him and pressed his back to the wall.
Then Noah stepped into the room, gun raised, eyes narrowed on Toby.
Noah pressedhis foot to the floor, his truck well exceeding the speed limit. He’d run out of Jules’s house so fast that Jesse hadn’t been able to stop him. Not that his cousin would have. Jesse and his deputy were behind him.
Cass had headed west. The park was west and the alarm had gone off…it meant she was there. Ithad tomean she was there.
He checked the rearview mirror to see Jesse’s patrol car close on his tail. Colt would be on his way too. His friend knew Addie was missing. Noah had no doubt that the second the alarm went off, he’d have connected it to Addie.
Noah’s fingers tightened around the wheel. He wanted to kick his own ass. This entire time, it had been Toby. Noah had sat in the man’s office and asked for his help while telling himthings he’d never told anyone. And the asshole had used that information against him. Pushed him to break things off with Addie, likely to leave her unprotected.
Noah was going to kill him. And if the asshole had touched a fucking hair on Addie’s head, he was going to tear him apart with his bare hands.
He pulled into the driveway of the park but didn’t go all the way to the parking lot. He couldn’t risk Toby or Cass realizing he was here before he wanted them to know.
Cass…fuck, he’d basically handed her to Toby on a silver platter. But she’d made the choice to work with him. And now she needed to be stopped too.
When the truck was parked, he took his Glock from the middle console and climbed out.
Jesse and his deputy were already out of their patrol car.
“Claudia, I want you to search the forest. When backup gets here, they can do the same.” Jesse turned to Noah. “Let’s go check out the office.”
Noah nodded before jogging down the drive. He moved quickly, scanning the trees as he ran, looking for threats.
When he finally reached the cabin, he remained low, moving quietly. He didn’t bother with the door. It was closed and didn’t look broken. So where had they gained access? What had set off the alarm?
He rounded the cabin and spotted the shattered window.
He was about to haul himself inside when he heard her voice.
“There’s a silent alarm on this log cabin. It alerted Noah and Colt the second I broke the window. And I think they just arrived.”
His heart stopped. Addie. She was alive!
Quickly, he leaped through the window and ran into the office. What he saw made his blood run cold.
Toby had his arm around Addie’s throat and the muzzle of a gun to her temple.
Noah’s eyes narrowed. “Put down the gun, Toby.”
He growled. “No. I’m calling the shots here.Youput down the gun or I shoot her.”
“You don’t want to die today.”
The therapist’s jaw visibly tightened. “I’m holding a gun on your woman. If you want her to live, then you need to unlock the door and let me leave.”
“You expect me to believe that you’ll just let her go?”
