“Elle—”
“But then he hugged me, and I knew I’d made the right decision to come here. He was so worried about you. He thinks of you as a sister, you know. And I knew he was going crazy wondering if you were going to be okay, and—”
“Elle—”
“I can’t wait to see his face when he walks in here and realizes you’re awake.”
“Ellena!”
Her friend blinked. “What?”
“You didn’t answer my question.”
“Yes, I did,” Elle’s nervous chuckle was uncharacteristic to say the least.
“No, you talked about Gabe. I asked about Adrian.”
“You asked if those two were together, which means you asked about Gabe, which is why I talked about Gabe.”
“You’re avoiding.”
Elle’s dark brows scrunched together. “I am not.”
“Please.” She rolled her eyes. “You’re an expert in the field, and I practically invented the skill.” When Elle remained silent, Jenna became seriously worried. “He’s okay, right? Adrian’s okay?”
She couldn’t believe she hadn’t thought to ask that question before now.
The last thing she remembered was seeing his handsome, worried face leaning over hers as he kissed her and told her he loved her. He’d whispered soft, sweet words to her, and then he and Matais had started fighting.
She lost consciousness after that and then woke up here.
Jenna had assumed since she was here and not in that horrifying basement that they’d both gotten out of that place and away from Matais. But now…
Fear for the man she loved had her dizzy with worry. What if Adrian was hurt? What if he wasn’t the one who got her away from the monster and brought her here? What if…
“Adrian’s fine,” Elle assured her. “At least…we’re pretty sure he’s okay.”
“You’reprettysure?” Jenna fumbled to find the controls on the bed before raising herself up. “What does that even mean? Where is he?”
Biting her bottom lip, it took a few seconds for Elle to make eye contact with her again. When she did, the look in her eyes said it all.
“We don’t know.”
Her stomach tightened. “How can you not know where Adrian is?”
“Listen, sweetie.” Elle wrappedbothhands around hers. “The important thing is he found you and brought you back to us. And that man who hurt you…he won’t ever hurt anyone else, ever again. That’s all that really matters, right?”
Like hell it is.“You’re doing it again.”
“Doing what?”
“Avoiding the answer to a very simple question. Adrian brought me here and then, what? He just vanished?”
“Walker didn’t vanish.” Gabe entered the room with two to-go cups and an even deeper scowl than usual. “The selfish son of a bitch took off.”
Took off?
“He…left?” Jenna couldn’t believe he’d do something like that. Not again. Not after what they’d shared together. “Where did he go?”