With his hand clamped over my mouth, my attempt at a scream for help sounded pathetically weak.
Then the nightmare worsened as the monster with bi-colored eyes arrived and smiled from above the brute on top of me. “Very naughty, Leighton,” he said, panting heavily. Then, he pulled out a syringe. “But, we are still going to have a very fun three days, you and me.”
I spat at him but got Baldy instead.
The big man hit me.
Pain radiated across my face.
Monster slapped the big man. “Vlad, I told you. Don’t mess up the merchandise.” So, Baldy was probably Russian.
I spat again and this time got Monster’s pant leg.
He reacted with the most evil laugh I’d ever heard as he leaned over. “Feisty is good. I like feisty. In the end, you’ll learn to obey. I promise you that.”
The syringe came down in a hurry. The prick on my neck as I looked up into his evil face was the last thing I remembered as blackness crept in from the edges.
CHAPTER 36
Zane
I punchedthe gas and flew around another car.
The wait seemed interminable until Jordy came back on comms. “No, she’s not there. A minute later, she came out the front door just after the timestamp of the phone call.”
Hearing that, I took a quick breath and stomped on the throttle. She’d gotten away. Now we just had to find her.
“Smart girl,” Lucas said.
“There’s bad news,” Jordy added. “She came out the front, but not long after that, those two guys from the BMW followed. She took off to the east.…”
Run, baby run. I’m on the way.
“Then what?” Lucas’s impatience showed in his tone.
“Hold on, I’ve got to find the next camera angle.”
I had to know that she was all right. All I could do was concentrate on the road as Lucas and I darted in and out of lanes to make better time.
“What’s happening?” O’Connor looked green.
“I don’t know yet, and don’t you dare puke in my car.”
He closed his eyes and slammed his head back against the headrest.
“Crap, they caught her,” Jordy said.
“Shit.” I banged the steering wheel with all my might. My heart thudded hard in my chest. This whipsaw of emotions was killing me.She was in danger, and there wasn’t a damned thing I could do about it yet.
“What?” O’Connor asked.
“She got away, but they caught her again.”
“And after that?” Lucas prodded.
“Hold on,” Jordy said. “They got her back into the BMW and… left.”
Lucas sped up some more. “Where to?”
