Chapter 4

Adrian

Adrian walked through the front door, carefully holding a bakery box. He had bought a lemon cake. He completely forgot that Junie hated lemon. Lila loved it.

"Elowen, I'm home!" he called out.

Nothing. The house was suffocatingly quiet.

He put the cake on the kitchen counter and checked his phone. No messages. No missed calls. "Elowen? Come on, this isn't funny."

He walked into the bathroom. Junie's bright pink toothbrush cup was empty.

A cold spike of adrenaline hit his chest. He took the stairs two at a time.

Junie's bedroom was stripped bare. Her moon lamp was…