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Okay, I’, ain So she’d da she could to escape, nofor soed to attract attention, then et rescued

Her spine straightened Pretty weak plan, but it helped take her another step away fro control I’m more than an animal

As the truck ruirl panties--and she really, really wished she’d worn panties rather than a thong--and turned to Jessica "You know, I had all these great insults to use at the Shadowlands, but I forgot to yell the Wanna hear them?"

Jessica stared at her, then sucked in a shaky breath and grinned "Sure I’ll trade you some of my favorites"

"Cool My favorite is: Your birth certificate is an apology froet the ht "How about: Why don’t you check eBay and see if they have a life for sale?"

Gabi grinned "Not bad Hmm--oh, I know… Is that your face or did your neck just throw up"

The sputter of laughter Jessica gave ood not to be alone

In increasing frustration, Zachary watched as the FBI agents tried to find soht direction Dammit, where would the pickup happen? His fear for Jessica knotted his guts until he stood and paced the kitchen Again

From the bedroom came the sound of plaintivethe two felines while Vance searched the apartment The cats wanted Gabrielle Maybe as h his hair, craving her so badly his ar him, to hold her and let her knohat she meant to him All he could think about was how unhappy she’d been last night Because of hiht This not knowing…not being able to act…

On the decrepit sofa, Galen had his bad leg extended As he talked on his cell phone, his face slowly reddened with anger, and his low voice sharpened to such a cutting edge that the other person probably had blood pooling at his feet With a low curse, the agent snapped the phone closed and called over one of the local agents "Ca he saw last night"

"What happened to him?" Campbell asked "Why isn’t he here? Is he okay? Where’s Ms Renard?"

Galen’s eyes had darkened to total black "The fucking asshole says Gabrielle lost her teht in an ER, waiting to get it set"

Campbell stared "He left her and didn’t call in?"

"What kind of training do your agents have?" Marcus snapped

Galen took the verbal hit without wincing "He thought the investigation was over Last night an agent assigned to another decoy caught aa woman behind the St Pete club The woht, and Tholoat"

"It wasn’t the kidnapper?" Zachary asked, already knowing the answer

"Just a couple fro to play out a rape scenario Once the woman woke up and explained, we released the man But Thompson didn’t bother to call Rhodes back"

"So Rhodes is free and clear?" Marcus’s hands had fisted Zachary gave hi look

"No, Marcus," Vance said "No e for her We’ll deal with him later"

Marcus stilled and visibly forced hiive ave him a thin smile "Consider him dead meat, Marcus You have my word"

Zachary turned and paced back across the roo up another notch Do anything--take the car and yell their names at every corner Dammit, Jessica

With the noise of the various conversations, Zachary at first didn’t hear the ione’s "Feels So Good" His cell’s ringtone "No!"

He tore across the apart over the cats and so to kick the door shut behind hirabbed his jacket fro stopped No, dae He almost listened, then forced hi Play

"Z" Gabrielle’s voice Hoarse Strained

"Silence!" he snapped at the others He set it on speaker and turned the volus We’re in a big van--cargo-sized A boat is picking us up at the Clearwater Docks, don, in about two hours" Zachary heard a whisper Jessica’s voice saying soh to hurt She was alive

Gabi’s e continued, "Twotattoos covering his arms Don’t call this number back It’s their phone"