We looked at the house from our hiding spot. There was a car and several lights on. Somehow I knew that Amelia was in there and I had to fight the instinct to burst in there with no plan. We had to handle this carefully. Carl could easily kill Amelia before we could rescue her. I can’t let that happen. After this, I will be hard-pressed to ever let her out of my sight.
Nik tapped me on my shoulder and pointed to the two vehicles that arrived with the men we needed to make sure we could get in there and rescue my woman. I looked at the house again and a sickening thought crossed my mind. “What if he…?”
“No, don’t go there, brother. We are going to rescue Amelia and she is going to be just fine.”
I nodded and closed my eyes briefly, taking a deep breath as I tried to calm the fears running rampant in me. Instead, I allowed the anger to grow and take over. As our men joined us, Nik said to them, “As far as we’ve seen there is only one man. He does not die tonight. He dies by our will. If you find Amelia or any other women, you call us immediately. Are we clear?”
“Yes, sir.”
We split off into two teams, one team went around back to secure the perimeter. These men all knew what we expected from them. We’d done this more than once. Nik and I approached the front door with several men behind us.
I didn't wait. Gun in my hand, I kicked the door open with a loud bang. The man sitting in a reclining chair yelled at us as he stood up. His shirt was open and his pants were down around his ankles. His disgusting pecker was nearly hidden by the amount of hair on his soft body. The sounds of the porn he was watching filled the air.
“Who the fuck are you? Get the fuck…” he yelled before seeing the gun I have pointed at his face.
“Don’t fucking move,” I told him when his hands started to drop. Two of our men ran up behind him. I keep my gun aimed at his face until his hands were securely zip-tied behind his back and I knew there was no way in fuck he could escape.
“Where is she, asshole?” I demanded.
He looked like he was about to piss himself as he asked, “Who? There is no one here but me.”
“Hey look at this.” Nik held up a set of keys that were sitting on a plastic table next to the chair.
“What the fuck? Who are you people?”
Suddenly one of the men yelled out, “Boss. There’s a locked door here. I think I can hear someone in there.”
I took a step towards our man when the look on Carl’s face turned ugly and deranged. “No! She’s mine. My whore!”
I spun around and punched him so hard his head bounced off the floor as he landed. I spit at the unconscious man before I instructed our men, “Take him to the vehicle and pull his pants up while you’re at it. We don’t need his diseases in the trunk.”
The men laughed as they followed my directions. Nik led me to the door that Olaf was pointing at. It took several tries but finally, Nik found a key that opened the door.
As light flooded into the dark room, I got my first view of Amelia standing in the middle of the room with a fucking collar around her neck. Even as I quickly looked around the room, my attention never wavered from Amelia. Her head hung to the side and I worried that she was unconscious and slowly choking herself.
“Fuck!” I yelled as I ran up to her and picked her up in my arms. I held her high enough that the chains were loose and the collar could no longer choke her.
Nik was just as quickly next to me. He looked at the collar to figure out how to remove it. He held up a weird looking key and slid it into the keyhole. With a click the collar popped open and Nik immediately removed it from her neck. Even in the dull light, we could see the dark bruises that marred her skin.
I could feel her breathing as I held her tightly in my arms. Slowly her eyes fluttered open and she looked up at me in surprise. Tears filled her eyes as I heard the sweetest sound, “Daniil,” she whispered as she hid her face against me.
“Don’t even try to take, my angel. I want to make sure he didn’t cause serious damage to your throat.”
She nodded before her hands began to sign, “Are you real? Is this real?”
“Yes, baby. This is real and you will never have to see him again.”
“Kostya says the doctor is on his way. Let’s get her home.” Nik looked at me and nodded as he patted my shoulder.
Nik led me towards the front door as Olaf caught up to us. “Boss, they have it ready to burn. Nothing will be spared.”
“As it should be,” Nik answered as I carried my Amelia out of the hell she had been in.
Chapter 6
Amelia
I sat on the bed holding Daniil’s hand as the kindly doctor looked me over. As soon as we’d arrived I took a shower while Daniil sat outside the door so that I felt safe. Even now he refused to let me feel alone in any way.