KAEL
I froze, my hand still on the doorframe.
"What do you know?"
The words came out sharper than I'd intended, but I didn't care. If Ewan knew something, anything, about where Aria was, I needed it now.
Ewan shifted slightly in the bed, wincing at the movement. "You know I have my ways with information."
Irritation flared hot in my chest. "So what's your point?"
I didn't have time for his cryptic bullshit. Not now. Not when every second that passed was another second Aria was in danger.
"I might be able to help you find her," Ewan said, his voice steady despite his physical weakness.
I turned fully to face him, my pulse quickening. "How? What do you mean? Connections?"
"No." He shook his head slowly. "Not connections."
A pause.
The machines beeped softly in the background, filling the silence with their rhythmic, clinical sound.
"The girl who took her, Sarah Brown, she's been found dead," Ewan continued. "That means someone else took Aria."
