Forever, стр. 72

Chapter 35

Lost Souls Squad

Owen

I snap my head up the moment Mix mentions Eva’s name. I watch him closely as he asks her if something is wrong. I saw his face when the phone rang.

He grew pale from just looking at the number. Now, he’s calling her name frantically.

“Eva, Eva, Eva,” Mix calls into the phone. “Misty?”

I move closer as he listens to whatever is said to him on the other end. Mix’s eyes widen and he nods as if he can be seen through the phone. He pulls a hand down his face.

“Fuck me,” he heaves out. “Shit, baby girl, I didn’t want you all to find out like this.”

He pauses to listen some more. He places a hand on his head and starts to pace. “So Gutter is there with you all?” Another pause. “Good, is she talking… wow, this is fucking unbelievable. Where’s Eva? I can explain all of this.” He sighs.

I get closer still as Mix paces. I have an uneasy feeling. We’ve been dealing with this fire all day. The marshal says it was started by someone. It’s the same bullshit going on in South Carolina from the text I received from King. I don’t trust any of the shit going on around us.

“What do you mean she’s gone?”

“Put it on speaker,” I demand.

“Daddy, she’s gone. She went out the front door, but I don’t see her,” Misty says in a panic.

“Go get Gutter, now,” I bark.

“Gutter,” Misty starts screaming.

I pinch my eyes closed. That’s not the smartest way for her to do things. However, when I hear Gutter’s gruff voice, I find myself relaxing a bit.

“What’s going on?” I overhear Gutter ask.

“Eva’s gone,” Misty replies.

“Gutter, find my woman. Find her now,” I growl.

My phone rings as I’m barking orders. I look to see it’s Axle. I pick up right away. He was supposed to be heading over to sit with Sugar as soon as he reached South Carolina from his run.

“That bitch is gone and Sugar’s being rushed to the hospital, when I get my hands on her ass she’s dead,” Axle says into the phone before I can even answer properly.

“Wait, no one knows where Mags is,” I bellow.

“No man, and Jemma is missing,” Axle replies.

“Reap, did you do what I told you?” I look over at Reap who’s looking down at her phone.

“Always.” Reap nods. “This is interesting. It looks like their headed this way.”

“To Georgia?” I ask with my eyes narrowed. “Both of them?”

“Yeah.” Reap nods and looks up.

I had her slip a tracker on Jemma earlier. You live and you learn. I don’t trust my cousin completely.

I’d be a fool to. Mags knows how to manipulate her.

Reap is a slick little one. Jemma has this charm bracelet she wears. I’m sure Reap was able to slip the tracker on Jemma with no problem. I also had her slip a tracker on Mags. I always have to think ahead with those two.

“Get on the road, Ax,” I say into the phone. “See if you can intercept them.”

“Got it,” he grunts and hangs up.

I dial my dumbass cousin, because I know she’s not crazy enough to harm my woman or baby. The phone rings four times and I think I’m going to voicemail when Mags’ voice comes through the phone.

“Brick, Jemma isn’t available at the moment,” she sings.

“Where is she?”

“She’s taking a nap,” she cackles.

“What have you done?”

“Nothing yet.” She snorts. “I just put her and your precious whore to sleep until I need them. We’re on a little road trip, coming to see you, Daddy.”

I close my eyes to reel in my temper. When I open them, I signal for Grim to call in every one of the Squad members. This has now become priority.

“I swear to you, Magdalena. If a single hair is out of place on my woman’s head. Your death is going to be slow and painful.”

“My death has already been slow and painful, husband. I just can’t wait to watch you lose everything in front of my eyes,” she bites out and the line dies.

“Call who you need. Get a chopper in the air. Find them,” I order, through a tight knot in my throat.

I feel like I’m the one dying right now. My woman and my child are in danger and for the first time since Cage saved me as a little boy, I have something to lose. I can’t control this and that just might make me lose it forever this time.

Eva

My head is pounding as my brain clears from the darkness. I can’t open my eyelids, but I count that as good as Magdalena’s voice becomes clear to my fogged-up mind. I need to assess the situation.

“This is crazy. How did you even know they’d be there at that house?”

“You’re not the only one with a spy in the ranks,” Mags says smugly.

“Where are you taking us?” the other person says.

“We’re almost there. You’ll find out soon enough.” Mags laughs.

“Why are you doing this?” I recognize the voice this time. It’s Jemma, Brick’s cousin.

Jemma had been keeping her distance from Mags at the compound. She tried talking to me a few times. I’d been polite but short with her. I don’t trust anyone who can do what she’s done to her own cousin.

“He brought this on himself. If I’m dead to him, so are you and that slut.”

“Stop the car. Let us out now and you can just go,” Jemma says, but her voice sounds a little funny. Slurred sort of.

Mags doesn’t reply. I take a chance and try to open my eyes. This time they open slowly. I can feel my head pressed to the cool glass of the car window. It’s like feeling is coming back to my body slowly. I close my eyes again.

I start to pray that whatever she stuck me with doesn’t hurt the baby. My pregnancy is so new. I fight back