Waylen's POV
As I raced to my son's room while clutching a terrified daughter, I tried to figure out what in the bloody hell was going on. I mean not to point out the obvious but we are in the middle of a freaking ocean and to the best of my knowledge pirates do not exist and even if they do, they are humans. Whoever did this wasn't human and I couldn't sniff out who they were. Something was blocking me…something was masking their scent.
I made my way to the end of the hall and as I approached I could see my boy's room wide open. I felt my heart take a dive into my stomach. A hotness like a volcano emanated from the pit of my stomach and it spread to the rest of my body like wide fire. So, this is what real fear feels like. I hesitated for a few seconds before I pushed the door open, like I expected the room was empty. Someone had taken Xavier.