Page 69 of Butch

CHAPTER 29

BUTCH

“You don’t remember anything?” Butch asked Demi.

She had been dropped off in front of their door, unconscious.

“I don’t,” she replied. “I remember Raelynn trying to get me out of there, and then a lot of pain before I passed out. Or well, knocked out.”

Butch sighed and leaned back in his chair. It had already been close to twelve hours since they had disappeared, and he needed to figure out where she was before it was too late.

“Do you remember hearing anything?” Deccan asked.

Demi shook her head and winced. “The room was dark. I didn’t even know Raelynn was in there until I heard her groaning as she woke up. I thought we were in different rooms.”

“And you couldn’t hear anything?” Deccan asked once again.

“No, it was oddly quiet. I don’t know how to describe it, but it wasn’t natural. It was almost like the room was insulated with foam or something to keep all the noise out,” she explained. “But when they opened the door, light flooded in, way too bright. Honestly, it hurt.”

“The door has to be facing the west,” Butch pointed out. “But that doesn’t narrow anything down,” he growled as he hit the arm of his chair.

“We’re going to find her,” Deccan said.

The door slammed open, and Reaper was leaning against the wall, his eyes searching the room.

“You should be in bed, resting,” Deccan looked over his shoulder. “What are you doing here?”

“I heard Demi was brought back. I needed to come. I needed to see with my own eyes that she was okay,” he explained. “What did the room look like when the sun was shining in there? Has she been to the doctor yet?”

She shrugged. “I didn’t get to look very well. I was more focused on the man who walked in… Edmund. He didn’t pay me any attention and went straight toward Raelynn. It wasn’t until I was talking that he remembered I was there, and that’s when…” Demi burst into tears.

“That’s when what?” he asked. “What happened?”

Demi shook her head and wrapped her arms around her stomach.

“Tell us,” Deccan demanded. “We need to know everything that happened so we can get to her. Any information that is left out could severely harm her.”

“That was when she got his attention off me and onto her. I don’t know why she did that, but she was trying so hard, and then she started to talk about trying to get me out of there, and I tried to tell her no, but she wouldn’t listen to me.”

Demi was full-on sobbing, and while it tugged on Butch’s heartstrings, he didn’t want to care too much. Right now, Butch needed to focus on finding Raelynn as quickly as possible.

“I’ll take her to the doctor and see if she remembers anything else,” Reaper announced.

“I’m going to get some fresh air,” Butch grumbled and walked out of the room.

Everything Demi was saying was useless. She didn’t know what the room looked like or anything. How were they going to find his Little Fairy with that information?

“Butch!” Reaper called out after him. “What shoes is she wearing today?”

Butch ignored him and continued down the hallway.

“Tell me what shoes she was wearing!” Reaper yelled.

“Why?” he growled out as he turned around. “Why the fuck do you want to know what shoes she was wearing? How is that important when she’s missing?”

“I put some trackers in some of her shoes,” he confesses. “I haven’t been able to place them in all of her shoes, but I got them in two.”

Butch thought back to what he had helped her get dressed in before she left. What shoes was she wearing?