Chapter Seventy Four: I Cannot Love

He shrugged. “Perhaps she forgot something at your old apartment. You don't have to worry about her. She is old enough to take care of herself. You worry too much about her.”

“Spending every penny she owns, just to go back for some old sweater or something?”

Andrei pressed his lips together. Illyra saw him hesitate, then reluctantly say, “Apparently she was trying to get the police to take an interest in your case. But they laughed at her, both in Seattle and Honolulu.” He looked at Illyra sideways. “They thought our wager sounded like a lovers’ game between consenting adults.”

“Right.” She had a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. “So where is she now?”

He shook his head. “The trail went cold.”

Lyra was missing? Illyra opened her mouth, then stopped. Telling him her fears would do no good. She feared it would only set off another tirade from him about how Lyra was a grown woman and that Illyra should allow her sister to face her own consequences.

And for all she knew, he was righ