Chapter 98: The missing piece is still missing.

Mason jerked the gate open. The metal gave way with a pop and it recoiled back onto itself.

"I heard that," Zain said, his voice grim.

"Go," Mason snapped, gesturing to the stairs.

The woman who'd spoken grabbed the hands of the two closest women and pulled them after her.

More gunfire resounded through the building.

"How's it looking up there?" Mason waited only so long to make sure all the women were mobile and didn't need assistance. Some were even armed with makeshift weapons. He sprinted up the stairs, back to Zain.

"There's one taking pot shots on the other side of that door." Zain inclined his head a fraction of an inch, gun trained at the very spot in question.

Mason could hear Travis outside, directing the women and keeping an eye on the street with Luke.

Someone needed to answer Mason's questions. The women didn't know where Hannah was. He was willing to bet the man shooting did.

He charged up the stairs while the women streamed out into the street.