Page 28 of Up in a Blaze

Hang the fuck on… they were selling them, which meant they’d at least keep them in one piece.

Unless they acted up.

Images of Emily’s beaten body flashed through my mind. If it hadn’t been for the tattoo she got behind her ear, I wouldn’t have recognized her.

That could happen to Romania. A young girl like my sister had been.

Fury ignited. I ground my teeth together. My gut clenched, almost painfully, from the fear building for this unknown girl.

“Talon, I’ll get my men onto this situation now. We’ll find out where the boat will stop and intercept it. But you know a trip like that could take a month and then some?”

“Yeah, we fuckin’ know,” Talon bit out.

It was too many days and weeks for something else to happen. For the abuse they’d receive.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Rage stabbed at my temples. I sucked in a breath through my nose. I wanted to hurt someone. We had to find them.

End them.

A soft hand touched my back, I looked over my shoulder, ready to tell whoever it was to fuck right off, until Henri moved around in front of me.

Country and Talon spoke some more, but it all drowned out as I focused on the man before me.

His presence calmed me.

Slowly, Henri ran his hands up over my chest to my cheeks.

The thoughts of hurting and hunting cooled. Whoever thought to get Henri in here knew me better than I thought anyone did.

Henri winked.

“You got it, Talon. Talk soon,” Country said and hung up. “Blaze, you good?”

I grunted.

Henri patted my chest. “Mon amour, you should use your words.”

Letting out another grunt, I tugged Henri against me and buried my nose into his dark, messy hair. His arms wrapped around my neck, hugging me close.

“All right. Tech and Blaze, I need you two to do what you can to find out about this ship’s destination.”

“There’s a fuckload of ships that port all over the US,” Tech said.

“I know,” Country answered. “But I also know that you and Blaze will get this done.”

“Shit.” I sensed Tech standing and pulled my head up.

“Are you all right, mon amour?” Henri whispered.

I nodded.

“Henri, a woman connected to the Hawks MC has been abducted. She’s on a boat to the US,” Death explained.

But the real reason he would be telling Henri was for him to keep an eye on me. To calm me as he had and ground me if my thoughts went too dark.

“Saint, Gun, and Wreck, pick up Torch and get to the streets. I’m gonna reach out to our cop friend and see if he knows anything,” Country said.