Valen POV
Walking up the steps to Everly's apartment, I push the door open and call out to her. "Everly!" I get no answer, and Valarian ducks off to his room. I can hear Zoe coming up the steps behind me. Walking through the place, I walk into her room to find her uniform on the bed. As I walk back to the living room, Zoe enters, dumping Casey's stuff on the table.
"Have you seen Everly? She didn't answer when I rang on my way here," I ask her.
"No, she was in the restaurant earlier; I thought she would be here." Zoe shrugs. "Maybe ask Tatum, wasn't he on guard duty today?"
"No, he had to go to a border patrol meeting today," I tell her when Zoe picks up her phone. "Ah, she has gone on a run at the reserve," Zoe says, and I walk over, snatching the phone from her fingertips. The text
