Emmet:
"What do you mean she's gone?" I asked Norman as soon as I got to Arthendel. His panic was frightening, and on top of that, I felt a strange pain in my chest I'd been hiding from everyone. But it was getting harder to ignore, especially with Maximus beside me looking just as anxious.
During the flight, I kept asking if he was okay. He only gave me a thumbs-up, barely saying a word. That silence was its own kind of scary.
"She's gone," Norman muttered. He looked exhausted, his shirt buttoned all wrong. He must have transitioned at some point.
"Did you check Arthendel?" I pressed and in response to my question, he first rolled his eyes hard.
"Of course I did, Emmet. I even checked everything around it," he grunted.
It had rained hard, yet he'd managed to search the entire place and the surrounding areas. That meant she was truly gone. But where?
"Wait—we need to find her," Maximus said, clearing his throat repeatedly, which made both of us turn to him.
