Chapter twenty six

“Did you find anything?” Aliyah asked the two men sitting in her living room. They stood up upon her entering and took turns too hug and kiss her cheek. “Where is Edward?”

Sean sighed and shook his head softly, “he excused himself on our way back and urged us to go home. We haven’t seen him since then.”

Steven nodded in concur. “What about Asher, is he awake now?”

At that, Aliyah smiled, “he woke up early this afternoon but I don’t seem to know where he could be at the moment. I was told he left shortly after Anita arrived. Tell, any lead?”

This time, Sean ran his hand through his brown hair and sat down. At forty-four years old, he still looked striking like he was in his late twenties. “Nothing different from the other nights we have checked. The foot prints didn’t really lead anywhere, at some point, it just stopped, like something had intentionally cleaned it. I just don’t understand.”

A servant walked in then with a tray of drinks and served them. Steven sipped from his and smoot