Scott nodded a little and moved over to the counter. Picking up the phone and reading the message, he had to fight to control himself to not crush the phone in his hand. He felt angry. Angry at Hermes' kidnappers, angry at the shifter's master for being the cause of this in the first place. He didn't understand how someone could treat another person as an object sending him out as a toy to be shared with others. But it also validated him in his purchase of Alcuin. He knew the blonde could have very easily been put into the same situation had he been bought by someone else.
"I'm sorry" he said with a frown as he set the phone back down. "I should have tried harder to find him. Gone around town and tried catching his scent after the rain had stopped..."