Chapter 411: Wednesday. Mlilo Animal Reserve, South Africa.

PAXTON KNOCKED ON Coco's door again, but there was still no answer. She hadn't responded to his texts or answered her phone. No one had seen her.

He didn't like this.

She should have never gone with them. She was already an easily identified target. What if someone followed them? Or what if there was another person working here that informed the poachers?

His gut clenched at the idea Coco could be out there fighting for her life and he was here, searching for her in places she'd never be found.

He pulled out his phone again.

No reply. No missed calls.

It was time to phone a friend.

He tapped into his recent calls and hit Shane's number. Paxton couldn't remember speaking to Shane more than a handful of times before this trip. Now, it seemed like next to Silas, Shane was the guy Paxton spoke to the most. Hell, if it weren't for the open invitation to anyone working for Aegis Group to come help after the wedding, Paxton doubted he'd been on the invite list at all. And that would me