Finn had been right.
My gaze swung in his direction.
He simply lifted a white eyebrow while he sipped on his third cup of coffee—not commenting on me not listening to him.
I shrugged a shoulder. I couldn’t help it.
I was a nice person and felt bad when I hurt someone.
“I do want to speak with you about something, Finn.” Godric drew circles with his pointer finger on the table. “Now that we have a decent idea who the man was that kidnapped your mate, I might have a plan to pull him out of the shadows.”
My eyebrows shot up my forehead. “You know who he is?”
Poppy supplied, “We talked about it yesterday in our meeting. Wolfe was able to link into the train you were on when it was hijacked. He traced the signal that hacked it in the first place. It all leads to one man.”
“What’s his name?” I asked curiously.
Finn pushed my plate closer to me, wanting me to continue eating. “His name’s Alex Valentine.”
That was a beautiful name for such a nasty man. I wasn’t sure what I expected, but not something so attractive.
Finn glanced across the table. “What’s this plan of yours, God?”
“To use your mate. She’s immortal now.”
The white tiger’s muscles tensed as he rested back against his chair. “Why not use Poppy?”
“Because the golems have targeted her twice. That hasn’t happened to Mina yet. She’s the safest option.”
My tone was wary as I probed, “What are you talking about doing with me?”
Godric explained, “Wolfe has all the intel he needs on Mr. Valentine to put a bug in his system, something that will alert him to your whereabouts.”
“He’s still searching for me?”
“Yes,” Finn answered for his friend. “We can see what he searches for. He continues to search for you.”
I sucked in a sharp breath. “That’s not good.”
“No, it’s not.”
My lips pinched, and I kept my eyes on him. “You don’t think he’ll go after my parents to get to me, do you?”
“That doesn’t appear to be the case. If I had noticed anything like that, I would have put them under protection.”
I blew out a breath, my shoulders sagging. “That’s a relief.”
He placed his hand on the back of my neck and began massaging my tense muscles, but his regard reverted back across the table. “What’s the entire plan? I need to know what you’re thinking.”
Godric explained, “We feed Mr. Valentine the information where Mina will be. And she will need to be there when he first arrives, so he doesn’t become suspicious. Then we grab him when he thinks he’s comfortable, so he doesn’t even think about escaping.”
Finn rubbed at his clean-shaven chin. “We’d need contingency plans if things went wrong.”
The golden-eyed man nodded. “We could bring out some of the old artillery. No matter what, we don’t want him to escape and continue hurting innocent women.”
Finn’s eyes widened in barely masked excitement. “I get to pick the weapons if we do this.” Then his eyes met mine. “What do you think of all this? I know you’re having a hard time with the abduction.”
I exhaled heavily. “You’re right. I am. But if there’s a chance we can get that lunatic off the streets of New City, I think we should try it. I can’t die, not really. So what is there to lose?”
