45. Saving Him

Esme.

I dashed out of the hall as soon as I saw he wasn’t here.

Earlier, Silvan had told me about how this was some resort that had many other places. It was also why I had been certain that the garden would have cameras.

As soon as I was out of the hall, I called his number and listened to the continuous ringing until it disconnected.

Two more calls with the same end result and I was certain that something was really wrong somewhere.

I walked along the hallways and soon found a staircase that led upstairs.

Maybe I should have collected Rue’s number instead. Or one of Silvan’s guards.

But Silvan’s number was all I had on my phone. So one way or the other, I had to find him.

“Have you seen the Prince?” I asked the next guard I saw as soon as I got to the next floor.

He looked around hesitantly and then shook his head twice.

He was lying. However, I don’t expose him and continue down the hallway, when I saw the next guard, I was ready.

“Which way did he go?” I asked with as much confi