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"You picked up a lot of the association personnel None of them can help?" Cullen asked

"The association hires a different person for each part of a kidnapping," Galen said "A spotter to pick the woator to choose the , others to ‘warehouse’ the victims until the auction One person in that chain knows very little about the others"

Vance nodded at Sam and Raoul "Without you two, this quadrant would still be in operation"

"But the bastard who targeted Shadowlands submissives remains" Z’s voice was low, but the fury was plain

"Surprising you couldn’t pick hiist-ht Cullen was joking, but no one laughed

"I wondered thata submissive for a scene has the same emotions as the spotter--lust and acquisitiveness I doubt there’s any guilt present"

Galen took a sip of his drink "You’re right Human traffickers feel women are meant to be slaves"

Yes, Linda thought The slavers hadShe unclenched her hands Stay focused "So last night I probably heard the ?"

No wonder Z was so furious

"The rat bastard," Jessica muttered "If I find him, I’ll help Anne crush his widdle dick"

Linda snickered

"You find sorowled in disbelief

"It’s just"--Linda sed down hter--"if he picked Jessica and Gabi for a rebellious slave auction, he’s got a really good eye"

After a second, Jessica burst into giggles No one else even s like fools, before coher sex"

"Indeed" Z picked up Jessica and sat doith her in his lap "Silence, pet Let’s keep going"

"Z said you’d heard theyour captivity Do you remember when?" Vance asked Linda

Her a "It would have to be before the first auction On the boat I-I had "

Galen tilted his head "Why only then?"

The tearden see Sa Jessica But today…today he wasn’t the man she knew "They stored us belowdecks in k-kennels"

Galen nodded "We iaze htness around her chest loosened a little "On the boat, select buyers ca stared at I’d curl up on the floor and close my eyes" She pulled in a breath "Thethe er slaves"

Vance frowned "Z said you were sure that was the man, so he must have a pretty distinctive voice Can you describe it?"

She cocked her head to listen to the htly metallic"

Everyone stared at her

"What?" she asked

Marcus smiled "That won’t help to find him, darlin’ Tell us, how is his voice different from a normal one?"

"There are no norave her an odd look "If we blindfolded you, would you be able to tell our voices apart"

She nodded, feeling like a freak

"An auditory person," Z etting her BA in s in a choir--was director for a while Has a piano and a guitar"

She looked up at hiardens, but apparently he was listening Her feeling of loss lightened slightly "My son tries to fakedifferent voices He never wins" She stopped, searching for a word that didn’t exist "The resonance? Timbre? The pattern is the same whether baritone or soprano"

"I have the attendance records froht, but alrimly