Jack’s POV
The drive back to Carter Ranch was a blur, the landscape outside the car window nothing more than streaks of color as I sped down the highway. My grip on the steering wheel was so tight that my knuckles turned white, veins standing out like cords against my skin. Every second felt like an eternity, every mile stretching longer than it should have. My mind raced, thoughts colliding and spiraling into chaos, but one phrase pounded through my skull over and over again.
Ellie was gone.
Taken.
Whoever had done this—Angelo, Margaret, or whoever else they were working with—they had just made the biggest mistake of their lives. There would be no mercy for them. Not after this.
Mason sat in the passenger seat, his phone pressed to his ear as he barked orders into it. His voice w
