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Grace

“ We can’t lose him, Tristin. ” I whisper, my voice trembling.

“ We won’t. ” His hand cups the back of my head gently. “ I swear to you, Grace, I will find him. Even if it kills me, I will bring him back to us. ”

There is something in his voice—an unshakable determination that makes me want to believe him.

We stay like this for I don’t know how long. But in his arms, the panic subsides a little, and the energy I had lost returns.

“ Please eat something. ” He whispers in my neck softly. “ I can’t see you like this. ”

I nod, inhaling a moist breath, and keep my eyes closed. “ Okay. ”

The door to the hotel room opens again, and the hurried footsteps rush inside. I pull back from Tristin and glance at Luca.

I heard they had arranged a whole setup in the room beside this suite. They are trying to run face recognitions and other things to catch the people who took my son.

He was in the ambulance with another guard. But after reaching the hospital, Mom and Ania were transferred to a h
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