Chapter 57: DEVON

There was still one glaring question hanging in the air. How come she didn't show up on the radar. "And you are?" I reached out my hand for hers and she finally focused on me up close and personal.

My gut went into a spin and I nose dived right into the abyss. She was fucking gorgeous. The tears in her eyes made them shine like some otherworldly creature.

There was a look in them that made my heart melt in my chest. Sadness, fear, confusion. I drew her towards me before I could help myself.

"Ariel!" She said her name like a whisper on the wind and I heard chiming bells and waterfalls. "Ariel!" I didn't realize I'd said it out loud until I heard it come back to me on a whisper.

Behind me the others were putting her name into one of our little toys to look her up. I only heard Mancini say one thing, "nothing", which was all the answer I needed. She wasn't in anyone's database.

I looked back at the others again as my mind tried to process. I don't think