46. Did She Mean Nothing to You?

Stefan’s POV

When I get to the briefing room, Hanna, Max, and Andreas are waiting. As I walk to my seat, Hanna rises from hers.

“Gwen is gone,” she tells me.

I take my seat. “I know.”

All three pairs of eyes in the room follow me, as if awaiting further comment. When I offer none, Hanna adds, “Like she is gone gone. She took her car and I checked her room. Her things are gone.”

“Let’s talk about Blackrise.”

While Hanna looks at me as if I’ve grown a second head, Levi appears at the door. He is using crutches. While our kind heals fast, fractures take a while.

“Can I talk to you for a second?” he asks as he hobbles into the room. He doesn’t wait for my reply as he walks right past the table and towards the door to my private office.

I rise and go to him. After I’ve let us in and closed the door behind me, I ask, “What is it?”

“What happened back there?” he asks as he settles in a chair and puts his crutches aside.

“What?” If he too wants to interrogate me about Gwen, it’s not