Finding Ace (Book 3)

Chapter 7. China

Aria

Austin lifted me up so I could see through the window. "Do you see anything?" Austin asked.

"It's too dark inside!" I hissed.

"You can't see anything?" Austin asked in disbelief.

"No," I sighed.

Austin sat me on my feet. "Well, that's just great," Austin muttered.

I turned to face the boys. "We're going to have to get in there," I said. We didn't come all this way for nothing, and we wouldn't know the truth unless we got into the building, and even then, we may not find what we're looking for.

"Oh great, let's just let ourselves in. That isn't suicidal at all," Abel said and chuckled.

"She's right," Austin agreed with me.

"We won't all go in," I suggested.

"Some of you stay out here and keep watch or something," I muttered. "If we're going in, now is the time. Bohai and most of his men are gone."

"So, wait, who is going in?" Austin tilted his head. Instead of pointing, I took my pointer finger and wiggled it between him and me.

All the boys chuckled.

"Damn, why me?" Austin muttered.

"You're the strongest fighter," I said.

"Why you?" Austin asked and chuckled.

"Better at everything else," I said.

Dad laughed and looked at Austin. "Well, you can't argue that, can you?"

Austin laughed and followed me around to the side of the building.

"Hey!" Dad hissed.

Austin and I stopped and looked back at Dad in confusion.

"What do I do if you don't come back out? Do you have a time frame or something?" Dad asked.

"Forty-five minutes," I said. "If we don't come back out, don't come looking for us."

"Bet," Dad grunted and stalked off.

Austin chuckled at my dad's response. We ran around the side of the building.

"Ready?" Austin asked. He stared up at the open window on the second level.

"As I'll ever be, but how am I going to get up—" I stopped and squealed.

Austin grabbed my hips and threw me up in the air as easily as if I weighed a few pounds.

I grunted and grabbed onto the ledge of the window. "Thanks for the warning, asshole," I muttered and glared down at him.

"Got you up there, didn't I?" Austin smirked and wiggled his eyebrows.

I laughed and pulled myself up. I crawled through the window and gazed around the small room. I strolled over to the door and locked it.

When I glanced back, Austin was halfway through the window.

"How in the fuck?" I asked. Jumping that high wasn't easy. I wasn't even sure Ace could have made a leap like that, and Ace could jump incredibly high.

"Some Jackie Chan shit. Woah," Austin gasped. He lost his balance and fell to the floor. Austin stood up and shook his head. "Let's go."

I giggled and shook my head. My steps were measured and quiet as a mouse as I snuck out of the room into the hall.

We started with the door closest to the one we walked out of. There was nothing and nobody inside. It wasn't much different than the room we had been in.