"On my way to the fucking hospital," he says. "Where the fuck are you?"
"Sera has been taken." My voice is steady. Controlled. But inside I'm screaming. "I need you. Now."
I hear the sound of his car tires screeching and honks in the distance.
"Jesus Christ. I'm on my way. What do you need?"
"Everything. All our men. Every resource. Every contact." I step out of the elevator into The Plaza lobby. People stare as we pass. Alexei and me. Both looking like we're ready for war. "Find her, Luc. Find them. I don't care what it takes."
"I'll mobilize everyone. Where are you going?"
"The mansion. Then the hospital. Then wherever the fuck Gabriel is hiding." I push through the doors into the evening air. "Have you talked to Gemma?"
"She's with Bianca. Adrian—" His voice cracks slightly. "We'll find her. We'll bring her home."
"We'd better. Because if anything happens to her or my son—" I can't finish the sentence. Can't let myself think about what I'll do.
What I'll become.
"I'll call you in ten minutes with an update," Luc says.
I hang up.
My car is waiting. Alexei's convoy pulls up beside it.
"My men will follow you," Alexei says. "Where do you want them?"
"The mansion first. Then spread out. Start checking Gabriel's known locations. Anyone he might have contacted. Anyone who might be hiding him."
"And Artem?"
"If you know where he operates, send men there too. I don't care if he has Sera or not. I want everyone who touched this." My voice drops to ice. "Everyone who helped. Everyone who knew. They all die."
Alexei nods. "Understood."
I slide into my car. My driver knows without being told. We peel away from the curb, sirens blaring.
Manhattan blurs past. Buildings. Lights. People living their normal lives while mine burns.
Sera.
My wife.
The woman who said she loved me just yesterday. Who gave me everything. Who was carrying my son. Who was supposed to be safe in my home, protected by my men, under my watch.
Gone.
Taken by her own brother.
And I wasn't there to stop it.
My hands are shaking. I clench them into fists.
Not now. I can't break now.
I need to be cold. Focused. Deadly.
I need to find Gabriel Romano.
