I practically tumbled from the car and burst into the restaurant, drawing the eyes of curious patrons. Avery waved to me from the kitchen doors.
“Get us to the computers, I can get in.”
A shift supervisor led us to the office. “I already called our manager. They should be here soon. You wouldn’t rather wait?”
“Would I rather—” Of all the fucking stupid questions to ask me right now.
Avery clapped a hand over my mouth. “Our mate is in trouble. If we can’t get in, we’ll wait.”
I slammed down into the chair, quickly getting through their pathetic security. It was slightly better thanpassword1, but the restaurant name and the year was still disgustingly easy to guess.
I found their security recordings and brought them up, backtracking until I could see Clover and Maggie sitting at their booth, laughing happily. I followed them on the camera until they left through the door. The street view was limited, but I tracked their feet, a bucket of icy dread pouring over me when I saw two much larger sets of feet approach them, Clover’s and Maggie’s disappearing from view a moment later.
“Someone took them.”
“Fuck.”
Parker bolted into the office, red-faced and frazzled. “Do we know who?”
Hunter was only a few seconds behind him. “What did I miss?”
“Someone grabbed them off the street.” I turned to the staffer. “Do all of the businesses around have security cameras?”
“I’m not sure. Probably.”
I launched to my feet. “I’m going to check the cameras across the street. You guys check businesses next door, see if they have a better view.”
Everyone scrambled in their quest to follow my instructions. I almost got nailed by several cars while sprinting across the road. The cashier looked up at me with enormous eyes when I flung back the glass front door.
“My omega was kidnapped. Do you have cameras pointing across the street?”
“Uh, um, y-yes, we do, but?—”
“I need to see the recording.”
“It’s in my manager’s office, and that’s locked when she’s not here. Aren’t we supposed to get a court order or something to share that kind of thing?”
“Do I look like I have time for a fucking court order? The longer this takes, the farther away whoever kidnapped my omega is going to get.” I sucked in a few more breaths. “I’m sorry, I know I sound like a dick, but I don’t have time to waste.”
“Okay, one second.”
My phone buzzed. “Yes?”
“I called the police to let them know Maggie and Clover are missing,” Hunter replied. “Do we have any idea what vehicle they might be in?”
“Not yet.” I turned to the nervous beta behind the desk. “Call your manager. Get them in here, or I’m gonna kick down the door.”
They fumbled the phone, and I had to hold back my growl. Panic churning through every cell in my body made it difficult to think, but I had to keep a grip on myself.
“She can be here in an hour,” the beta told me.
“She can’t get here quicker?”
“Nope. She doesn’t live that close, so that hour is with good traffic.”
“All right. I’ll be back.”
The other security feeds my pack had gotten access to were equally as useless as the first one. The business next door wasfrustratingly closed, and the one next to it only had fake cameras to dissuade would-be burglars.
