Chapter 188

Gideon's POV

The Vandermere office in Halcyn Bay was buzzing with its usual weekday intensity when my phone lit up with Tessa's name. I was in the middle of a meeting with our regional directors, discussing export strategies for the next quarter, but the second I saw her name on the screen, I stopped everything.

The moment she told me Barrett had vanished, a familiar tension coiled in my chest. It