Bobbi leaned back and patted her hand. “I know we’re going to figure something out today.”

Just so long as no cameras caught them, they were okay. She couldn’t let her friends get hurt. Grace forced a smile. “I hope so.”

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

“We’ve been driving all night and have no clue where to go once we get to Denver,” Benny protested, once again. “The satellites caught her heading toward Denver but then lost her. I’m hungry.”

Adare’s fury grew as the sky began to lighten. “This is the only place she could’ve gone, right? I mean, where else would she be?” If she was on her own. Except she wasn’t, because she had to have somehow been forced into renting that car. “I don’t believe Grace would’ve lied to my face like that.” The woman didn’t have it in her.

Benny scrolled through the information on his phone. “She asked for an older vehicle and they had those at this crappy dealership.” He looked up at the snow hitting the windshield. “The car she rented isn’t chipped in any way and doesn’t have GPS, so it was a smart move if she didn’t want to be followed.”

“This still doesn’t make sense,” Adare muttered, pressing harder on the gas pedal. “If somebody has her, she could be anywhere. If she’s following her own plan, then she has to be in Denver, right? It’s where she used to live, and it’s a town she once knew.”

Benny blew out air. “Yeah, but why go back to Denver? She knows she can’t return to her former life.”

Adare lifted a shoulder. “If she went willingly, which I’m still not buying, then maybe she wanted to regain those lost memories?”

“Does she have lost memories?” Benny asked.

“Aye,” Adare said. “I haven’t talked to her about it, but the last time I checked, her memories about her old life were still hazy. Although if she wanted to return to Denver, why didn’t she just say so?”

“Would you have let her?”

Adare slowed his pace to drive around a bus painted a bright purple. “Sure. Up until a month or so ago, I would’ve let her. Before we really started planning for our op.” But she hadn’t asked—hadn’t even reached out.

Benny stared at the morning outside. “I don’t know, brother. We find Grace in the middle of nowhere trying to buy vampire blood, then we get attacked by Kurjans, and now she’s broken a promise and rented a vehicle in Colorado so she can disappear? What is up with your mate?”