Page 28 of Flame's Fight

“Fuck you. I want food.” I whine.

“Axel’s grabbing some burgers for all of us.” He says, and I nod. My stomach growls in anticipation.

“See if Brooke can join us.” I suggest. My chest tightens when I see his frown.

“What?”

“She’s having a working dinner with that HR guy. She doesn’t want to, but I guess they arranged it earlier, and she can’t get out of it.” He says.

“Asshole. He’s probably hitting on her.”

“Doesn’t matter.” Reaper says. “She loves you. No idea why, but there you go.”

“Fucker.” I grumble as both our phones go off.

Frowning, we check the displays and then glance at each other. “Ghost.” On a group call with the whole club.

“Yeah.” I answer, putting the call on speaker.

“Someone grabbed Brooke. Tanya and I saw him carry her out of the hospital.”

“Son of a bitch.” Reaper cusses. “Did you see who it was?”

“We’re trailing him.” Ghost says. “Black Mercedes SUV. Can’t see the license plate, it’s covered in mud.”

“I’ll hack into the hospital security, but it may take a while.” Smoke says.

“Find Gina.” I tell Reaper. “Her boyfriend works in security. He might get us access faster.” Reaper runs out of the room while I reach over to pull the wheelchair closer to the bed. I need to be a part of this.

“We’ve got a lock on you, Ghost.” Shield says. “Are you on your bike?”

“No, Tanya’s driving, I’m riding shotgun. We spotted Brooke when I was walking Tanya to her car.”

“We’re coming in from the north to block him off.” Dante calls out. “Keep your eye on him. Any idea who it is?”

“We couldn’t see him clearly. He’s wearing a baseball cap pulled low, and he’s dressed in black.” Ghost replies.

“Deion’s men dress like that and a few of them drive black SUVs.” Tanya says. “Including Tops.”

“Who is Tops?” I ask. “Deion’s guard dog?”

“Yes. The one who threatened Brooke.” Tanya confirms.

“Fuck.” I grumble as I shift into the wheelchair. Taking my phone, I roll out of the room and head to the nurse’s station where I see Reaper and Gina. Gina’s on the phone. Reaper turns when I get close.

“She’s calling Curt.”

“Curt. We need your help. Somebody kidnapped Brooke. Can you check security cameras?” She glances at us and nods.

“Where?” I mouth. She points down.

“Flame and Reaper are coming to you.” Gina says as she hangs up. “First door on the right once you enter the Administration Wing.” She says.

Reaper runs to the elevator, and I follow.

I hear the others chatting as they track Brooke and her kidnapper. My heart pounds as we reach the first floor and follow the signs to Administration. When we see the door marked Security, Reaper pounds on it after finding the door locked. Curt opens the door and to let us in.

“I’ll likely get fired for this, but I don’t care.” He says, moving back to the wall of cameras. “I paused where someone grabbed her.” He tells us, pointing at a screen where a frozen Brook stands, a man in black covering her face with his hand. Curt restarts the video and I see Brooke go limp before the man drags her out the door.

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