Page 108 of The Masks She Wore

?The woman on the other end was quiet, the sound of her keyboard clacking away meeting my ears as I watched Zo lean over the couch and check Rae’s breathing.

?I rolled my eyes.

?“She’s in her office across town right now. She should be finishing up her meetings for the day, can I get a message?”

?I hung up and glared at Zo. “I didn’t kill her.”

?“She looks like she’s been through a battle,” Zo frowned. “What the fuck do you boys do to these girls?”

?I stood. “Whatever we have to in order to make them comply. I have some errands I have to run. Watch her.”

?She gripped the back of the chair. “For how long? I need some dick too.”

?“I don’t know,” I replied, pulling on my suit jacket. I picked up my leather jacket from the back of the couch and placed it over Rae. “Shouldhave gotten your cunt wet earlier. It’s not my problem if you decided to wait.”

?“God, you’re such an ass,” she bit.

?I waved her off and headed out the door.

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I sat in the car outside of Mrs. Delcott’s office building. The cameras were already disabled. It was evening, the foot traffic slow. It was the perfect time to kidnap someone.

?It took twenty minutes for her to finally walk out of her building. She was so distracted by her phone, she didn’t see me coming.

?Injecting her with a good dose of ketamine was easy, it took seconds, and nobody saw a thing. I caught her when she collapsed, shifting my expression to panic and fear. “Oh my God,” I panted, patting her face. “Nora? Nora, wake up!”

?I shook her violently. “Nora!” I gasped, glancing around as if I needed help, but hardly a soul looked my way, even as I swept her up in my arms.

?This was why I was considering training Rae. She could be kidnapped in broad daylight and not a single person would blink a fucking eye.

?“Is she okay?” A passerby finally asked as I headed for the street.

?“I don’t know,” I whimpered. “Please, please, help me get her to my car. Mr. Delcott is going to fire me for this one, I’m sure of it.”

?The man rushed with me across the street, opening the door for me. “There’s a hospital right down the street, man.”

?“Thank you,” I said, buckling her in. I straightened and took his hand, shaking it aggressively. “Thank you so much, thank you.”

?He nodded. “Go.”

?I rushed to the driver’s seat, slammed the door, buckled up, and sped away, my expression hardening. Rae was surely going to hate me when I started training her, but this made it unavoidable. I wouldn’t allow her to be put in a situation like this.

?So vulnerable, so blind to her surroundings. Fuck that, she was going to be a fighter. If she didn’t want to be, I’d make her.

?It was a couple hour’s drive to get back to that cathedral, but after we shut it down, I thought of no better use for it than to claim it as my own.

?A workshop for my own needs.

?Out in the woods where nobody could hear anyone scream, it was perfect. In fact, I should bring Max here. Being bound and gagged in my place only kept me from moving Rae in. If I moved him here, cleaned the place up a bit, I could give us a home.

?Although after all of this bullshit, I wanted to ask her if LA was a place she truly wanted to stay. If not, I’d get her a place wherever she wanted. Anywhere in the world. So long as she was there when I got back from my assignments, I’d be okay. Even better if she decided she wanted to join me on them.

?I pulled up to the closed wrought iron gates, pressed in the code some Initiates had programmed into it, and drove through, the gates shutting behind me.

?They had worked fast. Good for them.

?Before I got out of the car, I put on some black face paint and pulled on my mask. I heaved her out of the back of the car and carried her into the church. It didn’t take me long to find a chair and drag she and it to the basement. The Initiates already stocked the place with everything I needed as if they knew I would find a good use for it.

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