Page 95 of Storm and Tempest

“I’ll go with you,” Ramon said. “Watch your back.”

“We have more images, but not much.” Jonas clicked the mousepad, and the view changed to a shot of the shore that had to have been taken from a boat.

Zeyla let out a noise and jumped up from her chair, which toppled over behind her.

Amara shot up beside her. “What is it?”

“I’ve been there. I know I have.” Zeyla gasped. “I remember it.”

The room electrified. Preston looked at Jonas with a whole lot of hope in his expression. Ramon dropped his chair back down again and stood. Even Bruce huddled in. The MSI people stayed back, letting her have those she was close to around her. But Jax could see in their expressions, that this meant a great deal to them.

“Those places are impenetrable,” Amara said to Preston. “You’d never get someone inside without them being discovered. But I can get you in.”

“I’d like to hear about your daughter’s experience.” Preston folded his arms. “If she’d like to share. Zeyla is the first person we’ve met who has come out of one of these places and lived to tell about it.”

Ramon glanced at Jax.

Preston winced. “I’m sorry. That isn’t going to happen to Kenna. Wearegoing to get her back.”

“I didn’t get this far by believing I’ll never get her back, or by quitting.” Jax touched Zeyla’s shoulder. “What do you remember?”

“Not much.” She winced and shook her head. “It’s foggy. I’m pretty sure I was drugged at the time. I remember that tree line, though. And wind. It was freezing. I was shivering, and I could feel the spray of the ocean on me.”

“That’s really good,” Hollace said, his voice soothing. “Do you remember any buildings?”

She closed her eyes. “Maybe a tunnel? There were lights flashing overhead.”

Jax said, “You were moving, being pushed like on a gurney. The lights overhead would seem like they were flashing.”

She nodded, then opened her eyes and looked at him. “I don’t even know when it was, or how old I was, or anything.”

If they’d done something to her, she didn’t remember. “That could be a good thing. Better than the memories.”

“They’ve taken too much from me. How could there be more that I don’t even remember?” Tears filled her eyes.

“I’m sorry.” He had to clear his throat. “I know someone who has been through too much as well, and she’s the kind of person who could walk you through how to move on. How to build a life.”

“We’re going there tonight,” Ramon said, only looking at Jax. “If Kenna is there, we’ll get her back.”

Jax agreed that it would be just the two of them. “Let’s do it.”

“This island,” Preston said, “is one of a half dozen we’ve got under watch by the satellite. And we only get a picture once every few hours. You’ll be going in blind.”

Jonas flicked through more images, and Zeyla sank into a chair.

“I know how to find Kenna,” Amara said.

Bruce reached up and scratched his jaw. “I told you they won’t go for it.”

Amara shot him a look. “They need someone inside. I can do it.”

“I’m not going back.” Zeyla spun to her mother. “I’m not just going to walk into one of their facilities and submit to their—” Her voice broke.

“Not you,” Amara cut in, avoiding eye contact. “Maizie.”

Ramon exploded. “Are you kidding?! No one is going to walk in there.Especiallynot Maizie.”

“Except you and Jax. Because you’re big strong men,” Amara taunted. “And you can protect yourselves.”