Smokescreen

CADE

Hazel turns sharply towards the guards. "She was with the children."

Levi frowns. "No, she wasn't."

I look at him, my brows creasing. "What?"

Levi blinks at all the adults suddenly staring at him.

"When the fire started," he says slowly, "she wasn't in the playroom."

Hazel's face pales. "What do you mean she wasn't there?"

"She left."

"When?"

He shrugs one shoulder. "Before the bad smel