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“Sloane, where is she?”

Sloane looks out the door. “I don’t know, Cotton. She was putting her stuff in her bag and putting her helmet on when we started out of the parking lot. I thought she was right behind us, because I could hear another bike.” Sloane is crying, and Loki comes back in shaking his head.

“She was right behind us. I tried calling her, but it’s going straight to voicemail. What the hell, man?” Loki’s really upset.

“Come on, we need to let Stone know.”

They walk into Stone’s office with me. He looks up, sees Sloane crying, and Loki all upset. “What is going on?”

“Saige isn’t here, and she isn’t answering her phone. They said she was right behind them when they left the bakery, but she isn’t here, man.”

Stone pushes back from his desk, yelling, “Get out there and look for her!” Just as we are leaving his office a prospect runs in, the same one that was supposed to be watching out for her.

“Excuse me, Pres, some guy just dropped this off at the front gate, said it was important that you get it asap.” He hands over a letter to Stone.

I look at him, see that his hair is wet from a shower and ask, “Where were you this evening? You were supposed to stay with Saige, make sure she made it home safely!” The prospect looks at me and actually grins at me.

“She told me to head back here. She saw how tired I was. I didn’t want to leave her, but she ordered me to.”

“You are to stay with her at all times if you are orderedbyyour presto watch her! Go get Cruz, have him and Tires get in here now! I will deal with you later!” Stone snarls. The prospect takes off down the hall. A few minutes later the guys come in. “Sloane, sweetheart, I need you to go to out with Stella and wait, okay?” She leaves the room; the door is shut behind her.

“What’s going on, Dad?” Tires asks. He looks to me also.

“We just got a letter from the Ghosts. Apparently, they have Saige. The note says if we ever want to see her again, we need to keep an eye out on the dark web. Cotton, I want you, Tires, and Loki to go back to the bakery, see if you can find anything. Check the security cameras from the buildings around hers. Cruz, you and I are going to go get Tech, see if he can find anything out on the computer. The man is a genius, if anyone can find out about this dark net, he can. I’m going to put in a call to Commander Thomas. See if he can find out anything too. I want my daughter home, now!”

Tires, Loki, and I ride out to the bakery. When we get there, we see Saige’s bike still parked at the back door. Her saddlebags are wide open. Loki opens the door and goes inside to check it out. Tires and I go to the buildings next door and ask for their security camera feeds. Loki comes running out and hollers for us to get inside with him. “You have to see this! Now!” He pulls up the video and we see a big man with the Ghosts cut come upbehind her, hitting her on the head, hard. He is pulling her over to a dark SUV and damned if Pyro doesn’t open the back door to pull her in it.

“That son of a bitch! I’ll kill him when we find them!” Tires yells. He has his phone out, dialing Stone. I’m just standing here, staring at the screen, feeling like my world is crashing down around me. I have to find her. I have to get her back, safe.

Tires breaks through my thoughts, saying, “Dad wants us back at the clubhouse. He said to bring the tapes and come straight to church. Tech found something also.” I nod, grab the tape, and we head out. We have to find out what is going on, where she is and fast.

We get back to clubhouse, and Sloane runs up to Loki, “Have you found anything out, is she okay?” She is still crying.

Loki walks her towards his mom, stating, “Babe, I have to go into church. I’ll tell you what I can, when we get out. Go sit with my mom, okay?” She goes to Stella, who is also crying, and we go into church.

“Stone, we need y’all to see this video.”

“Put it in the player, Cotton.” I set it up, then hit play. Everyone is watching it, holding their breath. When they see Pyro pulling her into that SUV, everyone yells out.

“What the hell is going on?” Lynch asks. “He was followed back to Morriston and left there with Tonks. Has anyone heard from Tonks?” Rubble grabs up his phone and dials him.

“It’s going straight to voicemail, Pres.”

“Son of a bitch!” Lynch yells. “Stone, if I’d known anything about this, I would’ve told you.”

Stone replies, “I know, Lynch. It’ll be handled, brother. Tech, show them what you found, let us know what it means.”

I sit down next to Stone and watch Tech hook his computer up to the tv so we can see what he has found.

“The note said that if we wanted to see Saige again to look on the dark net. That’s what I did. I found her and some other girl on a site. They’re being auctioned off in three days, it says the auction will run for two weeks. Highest bidder gets the girls. I can’t find the IP address yet that this is posted from. It’s bouncing off a lot of towers. But I will find it.” The video that Tech found shows Saige and another girl huddled up together in their underwear. They’re tied together, it says bidding and more photos to come soon.

Stone starts delegating to us all, “Tech, I want you to stay on this site. See if you can crack that IP address.Also, if bidding starts before we find them, bid on them both. We aren’t leaving that other girl behind. Cotton, I want you to go with me and Tires to show all of this to Commander Thomas. He is expecting us. Lynch, you and Rubble, keep trying to get Tonks. If you have to, send someone to look for him. And try seeing if Pyro will answer you. Call him. Tech, try triangulating his cell phone. He may have a burner now, who knows, but try. Cruz, take a couple of guys with you and Loki, see if you can find any of those bastards out anywhere, and if you do, get them back here for a little chat.” We all leave to get to work on finding Saige and that other girl. I just hope we can get to them before anything more happens to them.

Twelve

Saige

Bexleyand I have been stripped down to just lingerie they made us put on after we showered, and left tied up together. Now this slime ball is taking our pictures, adjusting his junk the whole time. It’s making me sick, but I won’t let them know it. Bexley is trying to be strong and not show her emotions either. She is trying to draw strength from me, and I’m drawing strength from her. Rancor comes in, watching as the guy takes our pictures. He stares at me the whole time, as I glare back at him. “I’m not going to touch you yet, Saige. But if you don’t pull in the amount of money I want, I may just keep you for myself or my brother. I would love to be the one to break you. You have so much spirit, and fight in you. It would be a pleasure to take that fromyou.” He laughs. I just stare back at him, not saying a word, which pisses him off. “Let’s go! You have enough photos for now.” Once they leave the room slamming the door, I relax into Bexley.