Gina and I had been packed and ready to go after the wedding reception. Both couples had looked happy and very much in love. I knew Gina had been worried about both her sisters. Gillian, when her mate's body had been taken over by a demon. Gracie because she was missing, but we knew who had her. So here we sat on the plane. Novalee flying us into Alaska, because Troy was busy and her brother Nolan was in Alaska, having flew Kristen, Quinn and Sebastian in. So she had climbed behind the controls of the plane, while she usually controlled things from ground control, she was a very established pilot in her own right.


Gina and I had been packed and ready to go after the wedding reception. Both couples had looked happy and very much in love. I knew Gina had been worried about both her sisters. Gillian, when her mate's body had been taken over by a demon. Gracie because she was missing, but we knew who had her. So here we sat on the plane. Novalee flying us into Alaska, because Troy was busy and her brother Nolan was in Alaska, having flew Kristen, Quinn and Sebastian in. So she had climbed behind the controls of the plane, while she usually controlled things from ground control, she was a very established pilot in her own right.

I looked over at my mate and saw her asleep. The mating had taken a lot out of her, but her body was healing and soon her energy and strength would return. Novalee's voice came over the intercom. " We're approaching the airport just out of Talkeetna. We should be landing in about ten or fifteen minutes. Buckle up. " I nudged Gina. " Wake up, sweetheart. We're about to land so buckle up. Did you hear from Quinn? " She woke up and made sure her seatbelt was fastened. She grabbed her phone and checked her email. " No. He's not answering. I told him we arrive today. " I nodded worried. " Kris isn't answering mine either. Got me worried they killed each other. " Gina snorted. " More like busy in the hotel room. The sexual tension is thick between those two. " I growled, but Gina just snickered at my protective instincts toward my cousin. We sat in silence as the plane started to descend from the sky and the screeching as the wheels touched down on the runway. Soon we were pulling to a stop in front of a storage building and I could see three men standing on the tarmac waiting on us. When I recognized them as Quinn, Nolan, and Sebastian, with no sign of Kristen my heart dropped into my stomach. Gina laced her fingers with mine as if she could feel my worry. We stepped off the plane and they slowly approached us. I locked my eyes on Quinn." Where's Kristen? " He winced, but I also saw fear and worry in his eyes. Nolan stepped back, as Sebastian stepped forward, but Quinn held his hand out, stopping him from taking over. " Kristen got this idea to swallow a tracker and get herself kidnapped. Only thing is we lost her and well now she's gone. " Before I could think things through i grabbed hold of Quinn Cooper and roared. " And you fucking let her go?" He shoved me away and I came at him again, only this time I threw a punch. I was going to kill this fucker.

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  1. Gina-Leigh JerichoOctober 30, 2018 at 3:27 PM

    * I leapt on Caiden's back and bent my elbow at his neck as Nolan and Sebastian struggled to help me separate them. "Caiden, dammit!" I hissed, tugging him back with me. "Stop it. This isn't going to help anything!" I laid my palm flat on his chest. He pointed at Quinn who swiped at his busted lip. "I'll fucking kill you if anything happens to her." I gave my mate a shove. "Enough." I looked at Quinn. "What the hell happened?" I could see the anguish in his eyes as he gestured to Sebastian. "Dick lick here agreed with Kristen's lame brain idea to get inside to find Grace. They took her and within twenty miles the SUV had been ditched and burned. This is all we've got." He passed me the palm sized tracker that showed Kristen's last location. "Looks like they scrambled the communication." Novalee remarked, looking over my shoulder. "I knew it was a damn stupid idea, but come on, Bauer, you know as well as I do that Kristen does whatever the hell she damn well pleases to do. And if you tell her no, she's gonna do it twice and take fucking pictures." I felt hopeless all over again. Just like I had when I stood beside Quinn and fought these battles. "This shit has to stop. We have to get them both back. Kristen and Grace." I handed the tracker back to Quinn and headed back to the plane. I yanked my bag out and started pulling out my gear. The men could sit around and wave their dicks all they wanted, but I wasn't going to stand around and compare the sizes. My fingers flew over my bulletproof vest as I snapped it into place. Without hesitation, I slung my shoulder holster on and clipped it into place. My gun fit into it perfectly. I pulled my hair up into a ponytail, then strapped my knives down along my boots. Gabe had given me a belt complete with grenades and I buckled it around my waist. I made my way back to the men. "We doing this or what?" Sebastian's eyes traveled the length of my body. "Easy, red, we're working on a plan." Caiden shoved him. "Don't look at her like that." He came to stand next to me. "You guys...the tracker's working." Novalee turned the screen so we could see. It was indeed blinking again. Quinn was there and took it from her, studying it. "I think this is by the abandoned district." I moved closer to look at the tracker. "Gotta be. That's where Wilson's headquarters used to be years ago. Why would he go back?" I had spent days tracking Wilson over miles and miles of turf. But for him to go back to his roots seemed off to me. "Coop, what do you think is going on?"

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  2. Quinn CooperOctober 30, 2018 at 3:28 PM

    * I didn't know what was going on, but all I cared about was getting Kristen and Grace home safe. "Who knows. He's got a warped mind anyways." I muttered, trying to understand why he had gone back to the concrete buildings he'd left abandoned for the past forty years. "At this point, it doesn't matter why. We just need to get there. Find the lasses, end Wilson and move on." Sebastian lit a cigarette. "You make it sound so simple, Monroe." I glared at him. "It is simple, mate. Just ball up and go fucking do it. That's your problem. You spend too much time worrying about all the details. Fuck the details, Cooper. Go in, find them, blow the place to hell. If being nice worked, we wouldn't be standing here, comparing dicks as Red so candidly pointed out." Gina rolled her eyes, and I hated to admit that maybe Sebastian was right. My dislike of him overshadowed the fact that he was calculated and ruthless. He sucked on his cigarette and shrugged. "I brought the big guns because I didn't come to play." The light stayed steady on the tracker, so Kristen hadn't moved. My heart quickened at the thought that maybe we were already too late. "We'll go with you." Nolan's statement got my attention. "We'll back you." He gestured to his sister. That gave us six. The odds still weren't good, but at this point, our options were limited. "What do you think, Bauer?" I asked Gina's new mate. And I knew that they had mated because I could smell the difference in her scent. "And what about your back, Jericho? I was there the day Wilson nearly severed it. Can you handle a battle?" Gina was in my face in seconds, fire in her eyes. "You oughta know better than to ask me that, Quinn fucking Cooper. You know damn well I can handle a battle." I scrubbed a hand down my face. "What an army I've enlisted here." Gina shoved me and hard. "Fuck a hero, Coop. It's time to be yourself. And take your pack back. No prisoners. These jackasses betrayed you and your father. It's time for vengeance." Novalee started walking back to the hanger. "Come on, I've got a map in here we can look at." We all followed her into the hanger, Caiden leading the way.

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  3. Caiden BauerOctober 30, 2018 at 3:29 PM

    I followed behind the group, my mind wondering over all the information. Hell yes I was in, but I wasn't going to give Quinn Cooper the satisfaction of me agreeing with him and his boyfriend. Who the fuck was he? Really? I remember him from Skye Blue tending bar a few times, but the way he talked and carried himself. I knew damn well he wasn't just a damn bartender. I moved toward the plane and we all climbed on board and a table was folded out from the wall. Novalee went into the cockpit and came back moments later with a map. She spread it out and used a marker to circle the area that we'd be investigating. " Here there are at least five abandoned warehouses, but..." Quinn tapped a spot on the map. " But this is the spot here, where Donovan's warehouse is located. I think we should check here first. " I watched Quinn and he seemed sure of himself, but Gina knew him and this Donovan guy best. I reached over and squeezed her hand. " What do you think?" She nodded. " I agree with Quinn. That one is his. That's the obvious first choice. If it comes up empty then we focus on the others. " That was good enough for me. " Then we go there first. " Everybody looked between me and Quinn. I shrugged and focused on Quinn. " Let's do this."

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