JASPER
My heart was heavy. It had been heavy since King mind-linked me with the shocking news that Violet was gone, kidnapped by her brother and that f*****g vampire, and what could I do?
The first thing I did was leave the hospital. Against the advice of the nurses and Ashwell. The second thing I did was call Gideon, Dimitri, and Lily. They were here in minutes, with Ben, too, thanks to Gideon. And now? Now we were in my office, planning.
Phoebus was behind this, that much was obvious. Which meant that Garrett was now working with our enemy. When they’d learned who had orchestrated the kidnapping, Dimitri and Lily both sat down in shock. She was still there, on the leather sofa, crying softly.
Dimitri was doing his best to aid us, but I could tell he was worried. I thought about the t
