Total pages in book: 153
Estimated words: 144571 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 723(@200wpm)___ 578(@250wpm)___ 482(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 144571 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 723(@200wpm)___ 578(@250wpm)___ 482(@300wpm)
“He’ll have a way,” Charlotte said, wiping her eyes. “I’m going to look at those security cams.”
Landon stepped out of the office. “She took them offline somehow. They’re blank from five minutes after Eve walked in the door to right before I showed up. I have to assume they had something that took the wireless offline.”
“Okay, we need to think. Where would they take her?” Charlotte asked. “She said she was flying to DC. Is there any way they would take her somewhere close? She wouldn’t get on a plane without knowing where they were heading.”
“No, but we have to assume using drugs to knock her out was always the plan,” Big Tag replied. “We need a list of small planes that took off in the last hour. I know we can’t be certain whatever flight plan they put in place is the real one, but we can call in the big guns and use satellites to track it.”
“To track what?” Lou was breathless as she ran in. She had her laptop bag over her shoulder. She was in pajama bottoms and a hoodie. TJ was behind her wearing roughly the same. It looked like they’d been having a chill night at home.
“The plane they’ve got Kala and Devi on.” Tris walked toward the conference room, opening his laptop.
TJ looked Landon’s way, his eyes narrowing. “You…”
Cooper shook his head. “He did his job. Devi’s been making it hard on him.”
“She said she was going to the bathroom,” Landon argued. “I can’t go in there with her. Well, I did after she stayed there for fifteen minutes. She kept texting that she was having…girl problems. What am I supposed to do with that? By the time I went in and scared the crap out of a couple of elderly ladies, she’d gone through the window.”
“I’m going to kill my sister,” TJ muttered. “I need to call my mom and dad. They’re supposed to be on vacation for their anniversary. I get to tell them once again one of their children is in trouble.”
“Why do we need to track the plane?” Lou asked as TJ walked outside.
Cooper followed Ian and Charlotte as they entered the conference room. “Because we won’t be able to use her tracker. It’s Huisman. He killed it before.”
Lou was hot on his heels. “Yes, I know. It’s why I gave her a new one. Why hasn’t Uncle Ian pulled it up?”
“I tried.” Ian stood, looking over Tristan’s shoulder. “It’s showing offline. You know he has tech that can kill our trackers. It’s how he got her the first time. Tris is going to give us a list of planes that could be Lena’s. What I need from you is to hop on traffic cams around this building and see if we can ID what vehicle they used. If we can follow them via the camera feed, we’ll have a better idea of what airport they flew out of.”
“That’s a good idea.” Charlotte looked happy to have something to do. “I’ll help you, Lou.”
Lou’s eyes closed, and she sighed. “No one ever listens to me.”
What was going on with Lou? She wasn’t as freaked out as she should be. Almost like she knew something the rest of them didn’t. “Ian couldn’t find her tracker.”
Lou looked up at him. “Did he use the new login I gave him or did he forget and go back to the old one?”
Ian’s head came up. “There’s a new login?”
A frustrated sigh came from Lou’s mouth, and she pulled out her laptop. “I gave everyone the rundown on the new trackers and what they can do. And what can’t be done to them. No one listens. I’m sure you were all doodling or thinking about what we were going to do in the club later that night.” Her fingers moved across the keys, typing with precision and a little irritation. “Seriously, I invented a whole new technology that protects our trackers from mild EMPs, which is what he used last time. He won’t even be able to tell it’s still online, and do I get a cookie?” She turned her laptop screen around. “She’s in the air.”
Sure enough, there was a blip on the screen moving over North Texas to the east.
Cooper walked to Lou and wrapped her up in a big hug. “You are a freaking genius, Louisa Ward.”
“That’s why they hired me.” She laid her head on Cooper’s shoulder. “We’re going to get her back. We’ll get them both back. They’ll be okay.”
“Lou, I swear I’ll listen to every lecture about science you ever try to give again.” Big Tag came in behind her and kissed the top of her head. “I’ll get the jet ready. Cooper, I need you to make an educated guess about where they’re going. We’re following.”
“Hey, did everyone figure out Lou already solved the problem?” TJ joined in, wrapping his arms around Lou from behind. “I didn’t know why everyone was so grim. I mean besides your mom nearly dying and my sister and Kala being in the clutches of a madman. But Lou will get us there and we’ll fix it.”