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“Are you fucking kidding me? Do you know what time it is?”

“Wake the fuck up,” I exploded. “They got Rian. Get Tiffany and get your ass over here right now.”

Crashing sounded in the background.

“Did you say they got my brother?”

“Yeah, I did. They ran him off the road. I’m running his coordinates now. Rush…this is bad. Really bad. I’ll tell you more when you get here. Come packing and ready. Bring everything you got.”

Chapter 36

Kody

It wasn’t the talking that awoke me. I heard words far off in the distance, but it was my arms being free and a shirt being pulled over my head that startled me from the dream. At first, I thought it was just Jase talking to one of the agents, but the fear in his voice sunk in, and I suddenly knew something was wrong and that it was me that he was talking to.

“Baby, open your eyes. I need you to hear this.”

Light broke through, and I squinted as Jase pulled me to a sitting position. I blinked, my pulse skyrocketing as his large hands held to the sides of my face.

“I don’t know how long I’m going to be gone. Dominguez is outside and you’ll have Tiff. You know the rules: no ordering out. We have enough food here to last a good week or two. If you don’t know someone, don’t you dare fucking let them through the front door. Even with Dominguez outside, I want that door locked and the alarm set, do you hear me?

“Wait, slow down. Hold on.” I cleared my throat, grasping Jase’s wrists as I tried processing what he was saying. “Where are you going? What’s happening?”

Terror. The haunting look in his eyes had me holding tighter.

“Rian. He left a few voice messages.”

“He was the one calling…”

“Yes. They found him, Kody. Those motherfuckers ran him down causing him to crash his car. I have the coordinates of his phone, but they’re not moving. They either took him or.” Jase stopped, pulling me in to tightly wrap his arms around me. “I have to go and find him. Rush should be here any minute. Tiffany’s going to stay with you.”

I pulled back, meeting his eyes.

“What will you do? You’re going to the location, but what if he’s not there? What if you can’t find him?”

“We will.”

“What if they come here? What do I do? I—”

“Don’t worry, they can’t get in. There’s no way.” He turned, glancing at the closet. “If it makes you feel better though, I have guns at the very back, behind my clothes.”

“Guns?”

“You won’t need them, Kody. No one is getting through that door so long as you don’t open it. You’re safe in here.”

Banging erupted on the front door. Jase looked over, kissing me before standing. I jumped up, grabbing my pajama bottoms and sliding them on as I followed behind.

“If they took him, he’s alive, and we’ll find him. Rush will have my computer while I drive. He can search out the cameras in the vicinity.” Jase stopped talking as he glanced to the large monitors and jogged to the door. Rush was standing outside, talking to Dominguez as Tiffany wiped away tears. The moment the door opened, Rush stormed in, following Jase to the desk. Tiffany stepped through, sobbing as she threw her arms around me.

“Now, what the fuck happened? I thought he was staying here tonight?”

“He was, but we weren’t really having much luck. He headed home a little after four. He didn’t call me until close to five-thirty.”

“An hour and a half later?”

“Listen to the voicemails.”

Jase put the cell on speaker, letting Rian’s voice fill the space. Tiffany wiped her tears, moving in closer as she sniffled, but it was all for nothing. By the time the last voicemail played, she was back to sobbing.