“No!Put me down.”I struggle in the guy’s arms.
“Please calm down, ma’am.”
“Yes, that’s what you tell a woman when she’s being kidnapped.Again.”I kick back with my heels, but my feet are bare.I’m not even making a dent.
The guy just carries me down the hallway back to the bedroom.
“The other assets are in the van,” someone says.
When we pass by the door, one of their guys is slumped on the floor.Both Finn and Dante have their arms tied behind their backs and black bags over their faces.
“Finn!Dante!”
“If you hurt her, I’ll end you,” Finn snarls.
“Our boss just wants to talk to all of you.”The guy sounds like he’s the lead.
“An invitation would have been better than waking us in the middle of the night.”I try to go slack, but the man holding me has both arms around my waist.
“Boss figured you’d run again.”The men all look the same with black masks and black clothes.He closes in on me.“This seemed easier.”
The guy on the ground groans.The man in front of me chuckles.“Except for Ryan.”He shakes his head.“Get them in the vehicle and let’s get out of here.Franks, help Ryan.”
As I’m carried down the hallway, I look back to see them leading out Finn and Dante.I try to dig my nails into the man’s arms, but he doesn’t even grunt in pain.It’s wholly dissatisfying.
When we get to the van, the guy stops.They open the back and Tom and Natasha are in there already, huddled together.They both look like they were taken from bed too.Tom has on boxers and Natasha a robe.A black bag covers Tom’s face and his hands are behind his back.
They load Finn and Dante.
“It’s up to you, scrapper.”The guy in charge is in front of me.“You can come along for a ride or make us chase you again.I can’t be positive we won’t accidentally hurt you this time though.Your choice.”
“Fucker,” I whisper as the guy holding me releases me.
I straighten and climb in to sit between Finn and Dante.The men in black close the doors and it’s dark as night inside the van.
“Are we alone in here?”Finn asks.
“Tom and Natasha are with us.”I touch Dante’s and Finn’s thighs.
“Take the bag off my head,” Dante says quietly.
“It won’t make much difference.It’s too dark to see.”I reach up and take off Dante’s and then Finn’s while Natasha takes off Tom’s.The guys are bound with zip ties.I can feel the plastic but I still can’t see a thing.
“Are we thinking Peter?”Tom asks.
“Who else would try to kidnap us?”Finn’s laugh is bitter.“You’re the one who got us into this mess.”
“What happens when Drew and Wyatt come back and we’re gone?”My heart is still racing.I can’t think outside of the rocking of the van as they carry us away from our safe haven.
“How would Peter have found us though?”Dante asks.
“He could have found out about Wyatt.”I don’t say more because Natasha doesn’t know, and the fewer who know the better.
“Maybe,” Dante says.“Did they hurt you?”
“No, boss.How about you?”
He chuckles.“They had to get Finn down first and then overwhelm me.”
