My stomach flips, but then I remember something Aubrey mentioned when I first arrived. “Except for one. There was another girl you claimed before me, wasn’t there?”
“If you can call it that.” His expression hardens, and he works his jaw. “Chalk it up to Raife and his reminiscing for another life. I only claimed her to shut him up, but I never spoke to her, let alone knew her name. She requested a new master by the end of the week, thank fuck.” Running his thumb below his lip, he takes a step toward me. “What does your sister have to do with anything?”
I take a deep breath, then lift my chin and look at him head on. “I think she might be missing.”
He cocks a brow. “And you suspect we had something to do with it.”
“I don’t know. I think it’s ... possible?” Darting my gaze to the metal tray, I pull my bottom lip between my teeth. “All I know for sure is that she came here, and I stopped hearing from her soon after.”
Adam narrows his eyes. “So she was Raife’s.”
“What?” My brows knit. “Why do you say that?”
“He’s the only one who doesn’t allow outside contact. Distracts them from their—”
“Devotion to him.” I roll my eyes. “Of course it does.”
I think his lips twitch, but it’s so slight I can’t be sure. He flicks his gaze to the table then back to me, as if contemplating. After a second, he nods at the exit. “Let’s go.” He moves toward me, then his warm hand finds my lower back and he’s steering me toward the hall.
I try to ignore the tingles that erupt at his touch. “What are we doing?”
“Going to find your sister. She’s distracting you from your devotion to me.”
