Chapter 81: Always her hero.

Hannah paced the room.

The digital clock ticked away the minutes.

Mason had been gone for nearly an hour. How far could he have gone? Could he steal a car in that time? How long did something like that take? Or had he gotten caught? He could be in police custody right now for carjacking and she wouldn't know it.

She scrubbed a hand across her mouth, her stomach in knots.

He would be okay. He had to be. Saving people was what Mason did. He was a hero. Even if he didn't see himself that way.

Mason had secrets. Nearly all the guys who worked for Aegis had something in their past they weren't proud of. She'd heard the stories. She could handle the darkness. What she couldn't bear was the idea of Mason not coming back.

But he was coming back.

For her.

Because that was the kind of guy he was.

Whatever he'd done, whatever he wasn't proud of, he was still a hero. Her hero. They'd get the girls back. They had to. She needed to believe that.