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“Then let them search.”

I look at him.

“Sage’s backpack is on that porch.”

“I know.”

“Her letters are inside.”

“I know that too.”

Arthur glances at me.

“What I’m saying is that the house doesn’t matter.”

“It matters to me.”

“More than walking into a trap?”

“No.”

“Good.”

He faces the road again.

I force myself to think.

Navarro knows who we are.

He knows Kane, Trent, and Holt were coming home.

He had men following them.

He knows Iron Ridge is empty.

But he doesn’t know where Sage is.

That means he has two choices.

Find her.

Or force her to reveal herself.

He already threatened my team.

Now he is threatening the last pieces of Mae and Addy she has left.

“He isn’t trying to make us come,” I say.

Taylor looks at me.

“Then what is he doing?”

“He wants Sage to come.”

Arthur’s expression hardens.

“He thinks we’ll tell her they have the letters?”