UP IN FLAMES
In the end, he decided to exercise some patience.
Sure enough, the sheriff called Vanessa a couple of hours later with bad news. Chloe had disappeared. When the sheriff’s deputies had gone by to round her up, they’d found an empty apartment and no trace she’d ever worked in Christopher's downtown office.
After relaying the news to Alaric, Vanessa withdrew, saying she needed time to think. He nodded, keeping his distance, but staying close just in case. She seemed beside herself. Pacing the hallway from the front door to the kitchen, she kept shaking her head and muttering that she should have seen this coming.
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