Jaguar:
After I told Ragnar and Theodore about the call, we rushed to the cars, contacted the warriors, and ordered everyone stationed along the c-border to report to the cliff.
But when we arrived, the warrior who had called me looked ashamed.
I approached him immediately.
"What happened?"
He quickly began explaining.
"We thought she had driven off the edge, but it seems she turned onto another road instead. After that, she avoided all the security cameras, and so far, we haven’t been able to locate her vehicle."
At least one thing was certain now.
She had not driven off the cliff.
What I couldn’t understand was why this warrior had called us with such half-baked information before confirming anything.
"And you decided not to confirm it first before giving us that half-baked news?" Ragnar snapped, grabbing the warrior by the collar.
Theodore immediately stepped between them and pulled Ragnar away, freeing the warrior.
Ragnar forced himself to calm down.
"We still need to look for her," Theodore reminded us.
He was right.
Our first priority was finding Gigi.
Ragnar looked deeply anxious. He stepped away, pulled out his phone, and tried calling her again.
Her phone rang, but she didn’t answer.
The road the warrior said Gigi had taken led toward the mountain range beyond the inhabited part of the island.
The island was still far from fully occupied. There were acres upon acres of untouched land, places even we knew very little about.
We had no idea what could be hiding out there.
And Gigi had taken the most frightening route of all, leaving behind no information about where she was going.
Seeing my brother so depressed and stressed out made me feel awful.
But one thing kept confusing me.
What exactly had happened after I fell asleep that made Gigi leave the house in the middle of the night?
And where had Theodore and Ragnar been at the time?
"Do you know what happened?" I asked Theodore as I approached him.
By then, a large group of warriors had gathered near the mountain range. Ragnar was assigning them different routes to cover, drones had been brought in, and tents were being set up because this was the last place Gigi had been seen heading toward.
Whatever lay ahead was dangerous, so everyone had to move carefully.
I had barely asked Theodore the question when I noticed the strange look that crossed his face.
"Theodore, did something happen?" I asked again, this time more firmly.
"It’s probably not that."
The way he said it made me feel like he knew exactly what had happened.
"Theodore, I’m asking you something," I insisted.
"Well, last night was pretty eventful, to be honest. With Verity and Gigi, there was a lot going on."
The mention of Verity sent a slight tremor through my chest.

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