“Where is she?” Wendy’s voice cut through the room, sharp enough to draw blood. Her calm mask cracked completely, her eyes darting wildly across the empty bed, the untouched pillows, the neatly folded blanket.Sarah was gone.The guard stiffened. “Madam… she was inside all night. I—”“Useless!” Wendy snapped, her voice rising. “You were guarding an empty room?”Footsteps thundered in the hallway as Arthur Vance rushed over, irritation already etched across his face. “What’s all this noise? Mr. Shawn is waiting—”He stopped when he saw Wendy’s expression.“What happened?”Wendy turned slowly, her face pale but her eyes blazing. “She’s gone.”For a moment, Arthur didn’t understand. Then the words sank in.“Gone?” he repeated, his voice dangerously low.He strode into the room, scanning it himself as if Sarah might suddenly appear from thin air. His jaw tightened. The air around him grew cold.“Search the house,” he barked. “Every room. Every corner. Check the gates. No one leaves this c
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