Chapter 961

Captain Payne strode into the room, his boots echoing on the hardwood floor. “Does Lysander know about this?” he asked, his voice a blend of concern and command.

Richard turned around, his face pale, and shook his head. “Not yet.”

“Call him. No use hiding it. The sooner he knows, the better he can handle it,” Payne advised with a firm nod.

Richard fumbled for his cell phone, his fingers trembling as he dialed Lysander’s number.

As the phone rang, Richard’s heart pounded against his chest like a jazz drum solo gone wild with panic.

“What’s up?” The call connected, and Lysander’s voice, authoritative and chilling, filled the air.

he uttered a word, he braced himself for Lysander’s anticipated rebuke. “Lysander, Thalassa’s been kidnapped,” Richard blurted out, his voice barely above

silence on the other end was heavy, a cold front moving

he rushed to explain. “Payne and I are on the hunt. We found the initial crime scene, but she wasn’t there. The kidnappers have moved her, and we’re out of leads. We have no idea where to start looking.” “This kidnapping… does it involve you?” Lysander’s tone was icy, slicing through Richard’s

to Thalassa’s interview and

sharpening over the line, a bitter

anything happens to Thalassa, Richard, you’d better pray you have nine lives because one won’t be enough!”

“Payne and I will double our efforts to find Thalassa.”

I’m heading back now,” Lysander commanded before ending the

the jet

in Lysander’s voice, confirmed the order with a decisive,

aviation service, arranging for a helicopter to whisk Lysander back to Starhaven within

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