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How could she ever make it up to him?

“I’m sorry about your brother,” Elise said.

“And now his daughter’s missing. And you owe it to us to find her.” Josh stormed toward the house. He turned back to say something when a car approached. As if in slow motion, the window lowered and an explosion of gunfire filled the air.

Josh threw her to the ground, shielding her with his body. The air around them was alight with gunfire, and there was the roar of a departing engine. Amid all that, Elise heard the rapid beat of Josh’s heart, felt the warmth of his breath. In the middle of a firefight why was she aware of that?

The agent in her took over for the woman. “Did you see anything?”

“It’s the same car that tried to run you down before,” Josh replied.

She nodded. “Someone is trying to stop us from investigating your niece’s disappearance. I think it’s safe to say we’re dealing with more than a runaway situation.”

And safe to say they were in for the fight of their lives.