Page 146 of Ruthless Savage

It’s her. It’s the shoes I got her.

They have her. The Palmers have her. But whose car was she in and why? They wouldn’t hesitate to kill an innocent bystander if they had to.

“Which way?”

“What?”

“Which way did they go?!” I snap, and the other officers all turn to me.

He gives them a quick nod and waves off their concern like I’m some nosy citizen. “Shut up before you make a scene.”

“Just tell me what I need to know.”

“They headed down that way.” He points to his left. “That’s all we have so far. We have people looking at nearby cameras for the SUV.”

They won’t find it. I’m sure they’ve had the car destroyed by now.

“You know my number if you find out anything else.”

Running back to my car, I intend to call Patrick. He must be going insane right now.

As soon as I start to dial, it rings. And it’s a number I don’t recognize.

“Yeah?”

“You’ll get an address,” says a man. “Come alone.”

“Is she alive?”

“Devlin!” she screams, and relief and rage take hold of me simultaneously.

“Don’t you feckin’ touch my wife!”

“You’re not the one making demands here. Now shut up and hurry. Or the boss will get trigger-happy.”

“Tell Palmer I’m coming.”

The line goes dead, and a text immediately comes through with an address.

I don’t know that area. Somewhere in Queens, outside the city, probably commercial with not much foot traffic.

Ignoring his threat, I give Iseult the info. I know she’s gonna be smart about it. The Messinas and the Quinns will have the place, and the arseholes inside won’t even know it.

I just hope they keep her alive long enough for me to save her the way I couldn’t save my brother.

CHAPTER 35

ERIU

I blink through the darkness clouding my vision. Voices, too many, ring in my ears.

“What do you wanna do to the girl before he gets here?” a man asks, but it’s like he’s far away, or like I’m underwater.

“We wait. Nothing happens without my say-so. Got it, Roy?”

I instantly shrink back.

That voice…it causes a gasp to escape.

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