Free Soul Betrayed by Katlyn Duncan

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    “One sec,” she said to the phone. “Guys,” she spoke seconds later. “Yera has the same area code as this police department.”
    “What does that mean?” I asked.
    Ally lifted Jamie’s phone to her ear once more. I heard faint ringing from the speaker. The same tinny voice sounded before Ally spoke. “Hi, this is Jamie Blackhorn. I am returning a phone call.” We waited. Ally picked up her phone and typed something in. A male voice came on the line. Ally appeared to be far away while listening, but when the voice stopped she looked at Cooper before speaking. “Yes—Uh huh—I see—Yes, sorry about that. I can be there as soon as possible—Thank you.”
    Hanging up the phone she turned to face us, her skin even more pale than normal. “It appears that Yera is missing and Jamie was her emergency contact. The officer spoke with Jamie a few days ago but they were cut off.”
    “Maybe Jamie went up there?” Cooper suggested.
    Ally held up her hand. “Without her phone?”
As if that would be the end of the world
. “And the officer said he needed to give her something. He would have known I was lying if he had met with her.”
    “What are these pills?” I asked.
    Ally searched on her phone. Cooper and I stood on either side of her.
    “It’s a sleeping medication.” She took the bottle from Cooper and examined it. She uttered a gasp. “A very strong dosage.”
    “Could it be for her arm?” I asked, knowing she was still healing from her injury from Ally’s birthday.
    Ally scrolled across her phone screen. “It’s not a pain medication.”
    Cooper took the bottle back and stared at the label, “It’s in Robert’s name.” Tucking it into his pocket he shook his head, “Something else happened here.”
    “The police officer said they were interrupted. Had she taken these by accident?”
    “She would be here if she took them,” Ally said. “Unconscious, but present.”
    My stomach lurched at the thought of someone taking her. “Something must have happened.” I didn’t know much about her powers but I guessed since her father worked on cases involving the paranormal, it wasn’t unthinkable that someone would have done something to her. Especially since Yera was missing as well.
    “We need to go to Springmeadow,” I said.
    “We can’t.” Cooper’s eyes darted between us. “Jamie is our friend but we have a bigger mission here.”
    “The mission I’m not allowed to be involved with?” I asked.
    “That’s not fair,” Cooper said.
    “Something is wrong here and we need to find out why,” Ally interrupted. “She would do it for us.”
    I nodded in agreement.
    Ally and I stared Cooper down until he conceded. “Fine, but I need to make a phone call first.”
    He took Ally’s phone from her hand and dialed.
    “Who are you calling?” she asked just as Cooper said, “Thomas. It’s Cooper—”
    Cooper explained the situation, slightly bending the truth about what we were actually doing. He told Thomas that we were going to hang out with Jamie for the night because she was alone. Cooper handed me the phone.
    I lifted it to my ear. “Hi.”
    “Don’t worry, Maggie, I have you both covered. But hurry back, you know how your father can get.”
    I bid Thomas goodbye and gave Ally her phone back, then scooped Jamie’s phone from Ally’s hand and shoved it into my pocket.
    Cooper took the keys from Ally.
    “Hey!” she cried.
    “It will be easier if I drive the whole way. It will give you two time to rest.”
    Neither of us argued with him. I was exhausted from the day’s events and knew I couldn’t do anything to help Jamie at that point. I’d just have to wait until we arrived.
    Cooper shrugged off his baldric and leaned it against the back seat. He indicated for me to get into the car and I did. His head dipped low, close to my face. “She’s going to be okay.”
    I nodded, forgetting that I was supposed to be mad at him.
    He lightly squeezed my arm and offered a