Under the Veil I Rule novel Chapter 178

"Yeah, I saw it, you can use me however you want," Keith texted Amara, throwing in a few cheeky emojis for good measure. "If you need anything, I can even sacrifice my dignity and take a bed selfie with you."

"Gross, no thanks. I don't need to see that and risk my eyes getting infected."

After some playful banter, Amara put down her phone. Despite Kevin and Finnian showing up earlier, both left without any word, no more news heard from the Everly family. She wondered what was going on.

Amara decided to wait it out a little longer. If things stayed quiet for a few more days, she'd have to stir the pot herself.

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Finnian had vanished. He'd been missing for nearly a day and a night, and everyone around him knew it.

Will had a stack of documents waiting for Finnian's approval, but without any sign of him, he was getting frantic. Liliana, Dorian, and Kevin had all sent people out searching, turning Wye upside down, but no one could find Finnian.

They’d tracked his passport; there were no records of him taking a flight or a train, not even a hotel stay. His private jet was untouched, and the car he'd been driving was gone too. Surely, he hadn't driven out of state, they assumed.

An anxious day passed, and by around 7 pm the next evening, Liliana and Dorian found him in a rundown little bar on the outskirts of Wye.

The place was a shabby, wooden hole-in-the-wall, more of a tavern than a bar, with no music or proper lighting. Liliana and Dorian paused at the doorway, taken aback by the worn-out decor, before spotting Finnian in a corner, downing drinks.

They hurried over to him.