Bennett was stunned. “Tucker, what happened? What’s wrong? Where’s Shadow?”

Just then, a man’s voice came from the other end of the line. “Shadow’s dead, and I’m holding your son hostage. Come meet me in the middle of Moonlight Lake in California before twelve. I’ll be waiting for you there, but for every minute you’re late for the meeting, I’ll chop off one of your son’s fingers.”

The man who spoke was Alex, crushing the phone into dust as soon as he said everything he wanted to.

“Hey! Who a