Chapter 188: Chapter 188: Getting Back Avery

An hour later, Evan's bodyguards bring Gabrielle into the house. She's covered in scratches, and her clothes are torn and ragged. Her face is streaked with mud. "Where's Avery?" she demands, "What happened to her?"

"The map?" Evan asks.

Gabrielle pulls a wrinkled and yellowed map from the back pocket of her jeans and passes it to Evan. Evan examines the map—it looks like a tangle of lines. "Which route leads to Andrew's house?" he asks.

"Follow the thick red line," Gabrielle says. "As far as I can tell, that's the only road that leads to the mansion."

Evan shoves the map into his pocket and runs out of the room without explanation. Robert nods curtly at Gabrielle and chases after his boss. Gabrielle stares after them, wondering what happened. Though she's exhausted, she runs after Robert.

"Robert, wait, where's my sister?" Gabrielle shouts.

Robert doesn't slow, but he yelled over his shoulder, "Mrs. Howel is at Mr. Clifford's mansion."