I followed Caden and Enzo to the security room tucked behind the concierge desk. As we entered, I saw there were lots of screens, although the space was small and cramped, and the tech looked old. I already knew that Caden had a new security room designed with a fully updated system containing the latest technology.

He dropped into a chair, his fingers flying over a keyboard.

I stared at the screens. Images emerged and I spotted Tessa running toward the restaurant. The image changed. It showed her running through the restaurant to the kitchen.

Of course, she had. There was no hesitation in her steps. Tense, I watched for her to come back out of the kitchen. “Have you got cameras in the kitchen?”

Caden shook his head.

Come on, fairy queen. Where are you?

“There,” Caden clipped.

Every muscle in my body locked and rage welled up in my chest.

A man was yanking a struggling Tessa out of the kitchen. She was fighting him, but he was half carrying, half dragging her across the restaurant. They weren’t heading to the front door to the lobby, they were going the other way toward the windows, then they moved out of sight.

I leaned forward. “Where did they go?”

“He took her outside,” Caden said.

“Who the fuck is he?” The smoke haze made it hard to get a clear view and he was careful not to look at the main cameras.

This was him. This was our saboteur.

The man who’d poisoned Tessa.

“Wait, let me check the other cameras.” Caden tapped on the keyboard.

Enzo frowned at the screen. “He’s familiar.”

The image switched to an outside camera. I caught a brief glimpse of Tessa and her captor. I had a clear view of Tessa’s enraged face, while the man holding her was half out of the frame, his face in profile.

Enzo sucked in a sharp breath and swore in Italian.

I knew that guy. I frowned. “The IT guy.”

Enzo nodded. “Rupert. Rupert Fairbanks. As far as I know he’s quiet, mild-mannered, shy.”

“It’s him.” I ground my teeth together. “He’s the one who did all of this. All the accidents, the dead deer, Tessa’s poisoning. It was him.”

“And now he started a fire and abducted her,” Caden said darkly.

My body locked. “Caden, where the hell did he take her?”

“I can’t see. I’ll search all the outside cameras and see if I can get another glimpse of them.”

Fear bit at me. This guy was unhinged, and he had Tessa.

“Rupert’s always had a crush on Tessa,” Enzo said. “She never noticed.”

“Yeah, I clocked that the first time I met him.”