#Chapter 67 - Sniffing Out a Rogue

Shirley

“What are you talking about?” I ask, standing from the bed as I hear Emma take a small gasp from her end of the phone. However, Keith is already silencing her as he hangs up the phone.

He’s then pacing, holding my phone in his hand as he still grips it firmly within his large hand. There’s murder in his eyes as he breathes heavily.

“Each time there’s been a report of a kidnapping, my team has gone to the location where the victim was last seen,” Keith tumbles out. “And that symbol has been left behind every single time. After you left the forest, we found it carved into one of the trees.”

“So this man…” I begin, my head filled with a cocktail of emotions. “Is tied to the kidnappings?”

Keith lets out a harsh breath from his nose, wildly shaking his head in frustration. “It appears so,” he confirms.

“But that also means,” I start again, feeling terror rising up from my stomach. “That Ralph…”

Keith pauses then, coming to a firm stop a few feet away from me, though his deadly gaze