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Brick stood.“What’s his name?I’ll see if I can find him on social media.”
Brick pulled out his phone.Anticipation rattled through Ghost.Now that they had a general location, he couldn’t just sit here.But nothing but a cell-tower ping wasn’t much to go on.
“What are you thinking?”Zain asked Ghost.
He started to pace again.“I want to go there now.But fuck, the cell tower could’ve just picked up Nick’s phone as they drove past.We don’t even know if they stopped there.”
“True, but Taschen will continue to check his number for locations.If something changes, we’ll know.”
Ghost shoved his hands into his pockets.“And if they stopped to cut her into pieces and bury her in the forest, wewon’tknow.”
Brick made a face.“Don’t think like that, dude.But I’m with you.We can’t sit here doing nothing.”
“Maybe some of us should stay back in case Taschen gets another hit from Nick’s phone or a different lead in the city.”
Ghost nodded.“I agree.”
“I’ll stay with August,” Brick said.
Rami gave him a curt nod.“Keep the douchebag alive for now.”He jerked his head toward Zain.“Me, you, and Ghost will head toward Carnation.Hopefully we’ll hear from Taschen with more intel by then.”
Ghost stormed into his bedroom without so much as a glance at the guy on the floor.August sat on the end of his bed, his eyes rooted to his captive and disgust twisting his face.“You leavin’?”
“Yup.We’ve got a location.Brick’s staying with you.He’ll fill you in.”He removed a change of clothes from his dresser and went to the spare room.
After quickly getting dressed, he went to the gun cabinet in the closet where he kept all his weapons under lock and key.He shouldered on his bulletproof vest, hooked a knife onto his pants pocket, returned his SIG to the waistband at his back, and grabbed his AR-15 and bullets.Then he locked shit back up and returned to the living room.
Rami and Zain waited at the door.
“You have your stuff or do we need to stop?”
Zain snorted.“Wouldn’t have come unprepared.Let’s go.”
They went outside.The hour gave the darkness an eerie sensation.He’d already been up for a while, and his body was running so high on cortisol that the lack of daylight was almost jolting.He slid in the front passenger seat of one of Backcountry’s work trucks.Rami hopped behind the wheel and Zain got in the back seat.
The bulletproof body and tires usually gave Ghost a sense of invincibility.But right now, as he settled into the leather and clicked his seatbelt in place, he still felt as raw as an exposed nerve.If Mila wasn’t near Nick’s location and Taschen didn’t have other news to report, all this was for nothing.
Hell, they could be on a wild goose chase.
But if he thought like that, he’d lose his mind.They had to make use of what little information they had...or do nothing.And nothing wasn’t an option.
Rami backed out of the driveway.
The sight of his house lit by the headlights struck Ghost.Leaving his home without Mila cut a deep ache inside him.
An ache that days ago, he wouldn’t have acknowledged.But now...now he couldn’t hide from the emotion chasing him, demanding recognition.
He’d never loved a woman before.Never fallen this hard for anyone.
But Mila had snuck in behind his armor with her smart mouth, deadly kicks, and riveting blue eyes.She’d dismantled him when she’d fallen down the hill, unchained him when he’d pulled her from the river, and stolen his fucking heart when he’d learned about her past.
Mila had filled a void in him he’d never cared to look at before.Not only had she shown him that he needed her, she’d taught him he could be wanted, too.
That he could give as much as he took.
Fear clashed with anger, creating a vicious tornado in his blood.He’d get her back—had to.And he’d kill everyone who’d hurt her.
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