Jade's Awakening (Delacourt Saga Book 1) by Isabelle Hardesty

Author:Isabelle Hardesty [Hardesty, Isabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

Five

Henri looked around the empty warehouse. He wondered what he'd gotten himself into, but more importantly, he wondered how Jade was. Part of him wondered if his ex-business partner, Michael Denkins, kidnapped him to steal the business back. The world of health food drinks was very competitive, he thought.

He hummed to himself as his mind worked all the scenarios out. He realized he needed his inhaler. He felt his chest tightening. The dust in the warehouse wafted in the shaft of light streaming from the window. He wiggled his hands but nothing happened. He couldn't reach his inhaler.

"I need my inhaler. Hello! My inhaler. This isn't some elaborate escape plan, for God's sake. I sell natural juices. No skills here except making a killer juice." He laughed at his own joke. He coughed, and then broke into tears.

Someone walked by and undid the ropes around his wrists. The person put a bag over his eyes. "Use the inhaler, use the bathroom, then I'll give you a sandwich. I'm not trying to kill you." They handed him the inhaler.

He lifted the hood to slide the inhaler into his mouth. Henri caught a glimpse of his captor's shoes. They were green high top sneakers.

* * *

Jade couldn't believe she was stuck with Alejandro and Seven. They were actually similar, come to think of it. She wished one of them would go away, but she wasn't sure which one. She walked up to the hotel lobby desk and held up her phone with a recent photograph of her father.

"Have you seen this man?"

The front clerk leaned forward, "Yeah, I remember him because he was sweating. He must have parked far. He stopped here and grabbed a breath before he continued."

"Anything else?"

"No, I'm sorry; I became busy with another hotel guest."

"Thanks."

Seven and Alejandro eyed each other silently.

"You two are going to have to stop this, or nothing's going to get done. I could do this by myself and probably get more accomplished."

"Okay, what can I do to help?" Alejandro offered first.

"You could see if any hotel employee recognizes my dad."

"Got it." Alejandro walked off.

"And me?" said Seven.

"Same thing."

"Okay."

"Are you okay? You don't have to do this," Jade said.

"My dislike for Alejandro keeps me from thinking about David. I'm okay."

"Alright, but remember you have a choice."

"Not anymore."

"What?"

"The Voltic Vow."

"Oh, yeah."

Alejandro walked back with a grin on his face. "He talked to a green girl they recognized as a waitress at a local restaurant."

Jade was relieved they were making progress. She had to find her dad soon. They rushed to the restaurant and found two women.

"Did you see this man yesterday?" She held up her phone. She watched as the two women looked.

"Yeah. So?" One of the women said.

"So he's my dad and I want to know what you did to him."

"He's safe. You got a text, right? Back off. I did a gig, that's all." She looked at the three of them and back into the table.

"I swear I don't know my own strength. I will—"

"She's upset.

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