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“I can’t sit here. I need to go look for Sophia,” I snapped, moving toward the door, Silver stopping me, grabbing my arm.

“And just where do you propose to start? First, whoever took her left by car, we need to keep a cool head to find her. Trust me, Lord, I’m sick with the thought of her being taken, but we need to wait on Kickstand,” Silver insisted.

I knew Silver was right, but this was killing me. I moved to the chair in the corner, sitting my head in my hands, waiting on Kickstand to call every second seemed like an hour. Please let her be okay.

I WOKE UPgroaning, pain shooting through my headas I tried to open my eyes, dots forming in front of them as I opened them into a slit.

Shit, what happened to me?

I closed my eyes until the pain subsided, and I could think. I remember leaving work and heading to my car, and then it hit me. I was kidnapped. I tried to move my arms and legs but couldn’t. I was tied up and on a hard surface. I slowly opened my eyes and saw I was in an empty room, leaning against a wall in a sitting position. At this moment, the door opened, and a man and Claudia Simmons walked in.

What the hell is this about?

“Oh, goodie, our dear Sophia is awake,” Claudia smirked, looking down at me.

“Why did you take me, Claudia,” I said, my voice gritty, my mouth dry.

“Isn’t it obvious? I want Lord; he was mine, I saw him first, and now that you sunk your claws back into him, I won’t have a chance unless I get rid of you.” Claudia gave me a little kick with her foot. “I will enjoy getting rid of you. I’ve hated you since that night you took Lord from me. I knew he was due back from a run, and I got all sexy and waited only to have you steal him right out from under me as soon as he walked into the clubhouse.”

“This won’t work, Claudia; he still won’t want you,” I informed her snidely.

“Sure, it will. Just like that video got rid of you, and if we had known about that birthmark, Lord would never have taken you back. So this time, we will be more careful, and after he mourns the loss of you and that little girl you brought back with you, I will be there for him.”

Wait a damn minute, did she just say get rid of the little girl? What did they plan on doing to my precious little Roe? ” What are you going to do to Rowena?” I snarled. I am going to kill this bitch.

“That little girl is going to make me a lot of money on the black market. When I showed her pictures, the offers came flying in, her coloring is rare, and she has tons of interest,” Claudia said gleefully, like selling a child was done every day and normal I had to get out of here.

“We’re selling you too. The men will be here in a few days to pick you both up,” the man finally spoke. He was fat, bald, and mean-looking.

“Who are you? And what do you have to gain by this?” I asked.

“Diago is our boyfriend, and you would be amazed what you can get a man to do if you reward him with sexual fantasies. Even kill a man and kidnap a woman and her child,” Claudie bragged. This woman was crazy as fuck.

“Who did you kill?”

“Why, Marcus, of course. That dumb fuck was all in when it was only breaking you and Lord up; he still loved you. But, as soon as we decided to get rid of you both, he threatened to tell, and we couldn’t have that,” Claudia said.

“You keep saying ‘we’ who are you talking about?” I wanted to know; this whole thing was strange and twisted.

“That would be me,” Jen said, coming through the door. And shit just got stranger.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

FINALLY, AN HOURlater, Kickstand sent over the footagefrom the road cameras. One of the cameras caught Sophia being carried while unconscious by a big man. Another person was with them but had a hoodie on, hiding their face, but there was no doubt it was a woman. They got into an older blue Mercedes.

“That car belongs to Claudia Simmons,” Vampire informed them.

“How do you know?” Shadow asked.

“Because all employees have to right down there make and models to get a parking permit for the Scarlett so that they can park out back,” he answered.

That fucking bitch.

Shadow’s phone went off, and he moved to the side of the room to answer. Coming back a minute later, his face was angry. “What going on?” I asked.

“Kickstand is sending over some information he found on the black market concerning Sophia and Rowena. Someone put them both up for sale into the flesh trade,” Shadow hissed.

“I’m gonna cut that bitch to pieces; it had to be Claudia,” Silver snarled, going to the laptop the information was coming into as we spoke.

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