Page 25 of Wicked Devotion

Rafael’s breath hitched in his throat. “He’s involved with the mafia, isn’t he?”

“In a way. His father is from Saudi Arabia, and his mom was an American. He usually is with his father and only uses the name Montgomery when he’s in the US. When he’s here, he creates a lot of havoc. He does business with a lot of different people.”

“Does that make it worse for us? Will we have more people trying to get our women?” Casen asked.

“No. That’s one of the good things. He’s burned so many bridges that most of the people he’s dealt with want him dead.”

“What about the ones that still work with him?” Rafael asked.

“I haven’t found any evidence that they would help him either.”

“Maybe, unless it was for the right price?” Rowan said.

Rafael wiped a hand down his face. “Do you have names of the people he still works with?”

“I’m compiling it now. That’s not all,” Peter said and then sighed. “Eldora will keep trying. Omar offered her two million for each woman.”

“For God’s sake, why?”

“He wants to give them to his father as a gift. They think they will bring good fortune to them.”

“Jesus Christ,” Casen said.

Peter nodded. “And besides the six million for them, Eldora will get their full estate worth billions.”

Rafael felt sick to his stomach. How could anyone sell another human, especially one that’s in her own family, to people like this?”

“What the hell are we going to do?” Rowan asked.

“I’ve got a few ideas,” Peter said. “We need to put a hit out on Eldora. Cut the snake off at the head and then somehow make it look like the woman brought bad luck.”

Rafael straightened. “That could work. We’ll also need to come up with different things to make them look like it and start spreading a rumor about the triplets being witches or something. What are the Saudis afraid of?”

“I’ll do some research,” Peter said. “I do know I’ve heard about the evil eye. They are very superstitious about that, and they are afraid of owls.”

“Let’s dress the girls in clothes with owls on them,” Casen suggested.

“It’s the sound of them hooting at night. That’s really bad, I hear,” Peter explained.

Rowan patted Peter on the shoulder. “Keep researching. We’ll take all the advice we can get.”

“You got it,” Peter said, turned, and walked out.

Rafael looked at the girls after the man left. “I think we need to get our girls home. Send out the decoys.”

“They looked wiped out,” Rowan agreed. He went behind his desk and called someone. “Give it ten minutes. The woman and man who looks like Casen are headed out now. You’ll be taking my car home with your guys. My men will bring them back.”

Rafael nodded and went to Faith. “Let’s get ready to go, Baby. Say goodbye to your sisters.”

“When will I get to see them again?” she asked.

“Soon.”

Chapter Eleven

Faith nodded, hugged her sisters, and then took Rafael’s hand. They went out a different door then they had come in and into a different vehicle.

Faith sat in the back with Rafael’s arm around her as the car left Rowan’s. Instead of going the way they came, the security people took them a different route for safety. It took another ten minutes, but they made it home, which she was thankful for.

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