I feel sick. Whatever they'd injected me with had a nasty lasting side effect and left a horrible taste in my mouth. I was able to see the others now and my heart sank. They'd brought us to a house and locked us in a room chained together against the wall. The smell of fear was heavy in the room. Someone had peed on themself and there was a scent of feces as well in the air. The girls were all my age or younger, most of them looked to be no more than fourteen or fifteen. My mind reeled with all the implications of this. I didn't know anyone here, but we all had one thing in common; dread. It was written on the faces of each and every one of us. I looked around the room, no one was saying anything, but it wasn't hard to guess what they were thinking. I fought back the fear and tried to remain calm. There's never any situation you can't get yourself out of if you use your head. My daddy taught me that, in fact it was like a mantra for h
Instead he pushed the paper plate closer with his boot. I fought my baser instinct to tell him to go fuck himself. Asshole! I reached my chained hand out and lifted the bread and whatever was in the middle of it to my lips still without acknowledging him. Leave him guessing. He might have the upper hand when it came to the physical right now, but I'm sure I could take this dolt in the thinking game with half my brain cells on idle. I took soft bites and spent an inordinate amount of time chewing. If I ate any faster I'd throw up and no way am I going to show any kind of weakness in front of this jackass. "Cat got your tongue girl? I know you can talk, I heard you scream. Or maybe that's the only way you know how to communicate." He knelt and reached out as if to touch me. Now here you'd be tempted to glower this asshole into oblivion... and I can't believe the things I'm thinking at a time like this. Instead of the bitch brow that I'm
We were there for hours getting to know one another between bouts of fear and tears. The tough Latin queen from before turned out to be the softest when she broke. All she wanted was her mother and all I wanted was to get across the room so I could put my arms around her and offer comfort. The waiflike kid never stopped whimpering but no one told her to shut up because we all knew what she was feeling. I was suddenly more upset for them than myself. They were still so young, some of them no more than babies. What the fuck did these sick fucks want with them? As if I didn't know. "Let's exchange names and hometowns in case we get separated." I kept my voice steady so they wouldn't know I was afraid. One of us had to be strong for the others and it appears that was gonna be me. "What good's that gonna do?" It was the Latin queen again. I looked at her with steady eyes. "Because we're getting the fuck outta here one way or the other. And
After our run we went back to getting things together so we could leave. Each of us had a duty to perform to make sure that the compound was secure. It had been getting dark out when we decided to do a last walk through of the mansion and that's when Cord found a book with codes. Codes that only the seven of us, and the man who wrote them would understand. I took the book and moved to the secure computer with the others following behind. It was a bit of a shock to see the words as they unfolded on the screen. Not just the meaning, but it was like hearing from the old man again. Like he was reaching out from beyond the grave and the eight of us were going to work on this last job together. I knew my brothers felt pretty much the way I did, gut punched. The codes only left us with more questions than answers and now we were left wondering who the people the commander mentioned were. We were pretty sure the 'he' was the Desert Fox but had no clue who the 'she' tha
"Get a move on, I'm hungry. Fucking women didn't let me eat today with their staring shit." Devon rubbed his gut and yawned. "Now you know how I feel when I'm left riding herd on them." We were walking the yard making sure shit was secure before we headed to dinner. Lo's over cautious that way especially with the girls here. "We've got a long night ahead of us, I can feel it." I almost asked him what he meant but I was sure he was talking on the same level as the shit that's been messing with my ass. "Had a lot of those lately." "Yeah well I'm done with this fuckery. As old William Shakespeare once said, I'm ready to 'cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.' He all but growled at me. Wonder what the hell crawled up his ass and died. He and his mercurial moods were nothing new to me, but this time I didn't have to think too hard to figure out what was bothering him. Now that the laughter was gone it was back to the reality of wh
Dinner was noisy as per usual and afterwards we sat around laughing and talking with the women while Ty was being his usual asshole self, keeping us all entertained with his antics. We were just a family having an evening together with the baby being passed around or more like she was making the rounds, getting her hugs and kisses from all her aunts and uncles; fighting sleep. That kid hates bedtime. Every once in a while my mind would remind me of what laid ahead of us tonight, what it meant, what it signified. Everything we do from here on out is for the old man it goes without saying. Closing the tunnel the men were using to traffic the women wouldn't put an end to their evil, but it would be a first step to stemming the flow of that shit in our own town. We'd all fought for the freedom of others in other countries, I'm fucked if I'm going to see anyone enslaved in mine. The fact that the waters off our own backyard were probably the last o
Yep, we're on the beach. I smelt the water before my feet hit the sand once we cleared the tunnel. The fact that we weren't blindfolded was worrying; we weren't meant to come back. I looked sneakily around for anything that could be of help while trying to keep an eye on the men who were leading us out. There was no one on the beach at this time of night, but I understood why they hadn't shackled us again. It was obvious that there were houses around in the distance and there was a chance some unsuspecting soul might come waltzing by. The threats they'd made to silence us if we cried out may have scared the others but it was just the chance I was hoping for. The farther away we walked from the tunnel the more I wanted to turn around and go back to my prison. I knew that whatever was waiting for me at the end of this trip was going to be worse than anything I'd faced so far. It's strange, but I'd held it together this long and now all
My brothers and I have been staking out this place on the down low for a few months but the fuckers always seemed to be one step ahead of us, which was beyond frustrating. We'd found the tunnel sure, but we had yet to see anyone using it. I wasn't sure if this had anything to do with that, but as far as I'm concerned even if this douche was her boyfriend he had no right to be treating her this way. And then she spoke. "No I don't know him, he...he..." She retched and I barely jumped out of the way in time to avoid being puked all over. "Hold him." I shouted to the others before I turned back to her and gave her the bandana from my back pocket to clean up. I removed my jacket and wrapped it around her shaking shoulders. "You're going to be okay now, you're safe." My skin felt hot and itchy but I ignored it as I left her side again. "Stay here!" I approached the asshole who was now surrounded by the others. "Who are you asshole and what were you
*** "Stop being so nervous, everything is going to be fine." We were about an hour out from the wedding on the beach and she was the one reassuring me. I don't know why, but now that we were down to crunch time I have this fear that some shit is gonna go wrong. Maybe because I know that she's the best thing that ever happened to me. Or maybe it's because I still don't think I deserve her. Whatever it is, I have this feeling that some shit's gonna go wrong. "Come 'ere." I wrapped my arms around her and felt myself settle. "I love you, I'm not nervous about marrying you, I just don't want anything to go wrong on our big day." I hope Ty the fuck isn't lurking around somewhere listening to this or he'd ride my ass for sure. "Nothing's gonna go wrong, now go be with your brothers while I finish getting dressed." Dani and Gaby had been pounding at our cottage door for the last half an hour trying to get me to release her. The women were getting dress
"Lyon your daughter is fucking adorable." "Dude what the fuck, she's sixteen." I glared at Mancini the fuck ready to take him out. "Not the teen you ass, the little one." That shit made me snort like Kat does. "Oh yeah?" She's been working her con on her new uncles. To a man they melt whenever she bats those lashes of hers at them. She knows better than to try that shit with me. That ship sailed when the little shit was three and I caught her making her own damn glue to fuck with her big sister's hair. "What's she doing that makes her so adorable this time?" I hadn't seen her in a little bit, figured she was with her mom and the other women. Thank fuck. We were here to relax after all and that one don't know the meaning of the word. "She's reading to Zakira, very hush-hush. Must be some story the way the two of them have their heads together whispering." I flew out of my chair two seconds later. "Lyon what the fuck?" Tyler and the others looke
Three weeks later we were back on the island, which looked like a completely different place. Cierra had shown up a few days early to get the place set up. There were flowers everywhere leading from the lawn down to the beach and a canopy that looked like it would hold a couple hundred people easy. We hadn't been let in on any of the plans. After all the threats the women had made about making us help them plan. In the end it was decided that as men we didn't know the first thing about it and were left to our own devices. We'd used the time to take care of our business and make sure that the people we'd left in charge had done a good job, which they had. The CO and his boys had been busy in that time and once the news broke about the trafficking ring and all those who were involved, everything was total chaos. As Mancini had predicted, there were a lot of people with their heads on the chopping block, including the fuck up who couldn't hide behind his
No one else spoke and I know my brothers like me were still coming to terms with what we were seeing. I've never experienced shocked joy before but I can't say I didn't like it. "I thought I covered my tracks pretty well, but something went wrong and that's when I tried calling you in. When you were sent into a trap, I knew I had to do something or we'd all be fucked, so I came up with a plan." "I know how the general operates, so when he invited himself here under the guise of friendship I was ready for him. I'd already taken the antidote for his little surprise so when he slipped me the poison I pretended to be dead while he ransacked my place looking for what I had." "So that's why the closed coffin." Connor asked as he too looked over the commander as if not quite believing his own eyes. "I had to do it this way boys. I knew once I was gone that you'd take care of it once you got wind of what was going on. I didn't want you involved, but I couldn't get c
It was a long fucking thirty-six hours but once we landed all my fatigue went away as soon as I saw her waiting for me. The others were there as well, but I only had eyes for her. She ran to meet me as soon as I stepped off the plane and I grabbed her up in my arms. Nothing had ever felt this good. "Is it over?" She had tears in her eyes. I put her back on her feet and dried her face, my heart breaking just a little at all that she'd had to go through. "It's over baby. Don't cry anymore okay, I can't bear it." She held my hand to her chest and nodded as the last fear fell. I pulled her into my chest and kissed her forehead before heading after the others. "Boys I hate to do this to you, but you only have a few hours down time, we have to get back to your compound ASAP." "What the fuck Mancini, why what's going on there?" "You'll see when we get there, get some sleep." He just walked away with his arm around his woman leaving the rest of us look
No one breathed easy as we flew through the night, heading towards the gulf, which is where Mancini informed us Khalil was meeting with the senator. "So that's how he's always evaded us, he uses a decoy." Logan looked around at the rest of us. "Yep, I guess for the criminal element it pays to be paranoid." Con stretched out his legs and closed his eyes. "But how did he know we were coming?" Ty dropped his head back and rubbed his eyes. "I'm not sure he did, but after the move on the general, he must've decided to be extra careful." Mancini filled us in. "How sure are we that he's the one with the senator?" "Track seems pretty sure, like I said, he has eyes on him and they're in a convoy tent. Lots of security so we have to go in hard and fast." It only took us half an hour to land and we hit the ground running. I'm pretty sure my brothers like me, were hoping that this was it. Sure we'd hit and missed before with the Fox, but we all knew
We arrived in full dark the next day and immediately went into high gear. This place is crawling with military intelligence and a host of unsavory characters on a good day, so we had to get in and out in as little time as possible without being seen. Mancini had a station set up in the desert, not sure how he pulled that off, but it looked like any other bivouac we'd ever seen and would cause no undue interest. In the last few hours before we landed once everyone had rested, some better than others, we'd gone through the plans again. Only a few of us were going into the camp where the signals from Khalil's phone were pinging, because it would be too dangerous for us all to go. Had this been a military Op, it wouldn't have mattered, but some might call what we were doing illegal. So while we were going in the others were going to stand guard around the perimeter. It wasn't easy choosing who were gonna go in, but in the end it was Lo, Con and Zak who
I covered her lips, distracting her as I removed her skirt and slid her panties down her thighs. "I love your kisses." I smiled down at her, not believing how happy I was just to be here with her like this even with the danger awaiting me. Maybe that was the lure of a good woman. What have made men fight and die for centuries. I pulled back and looked down at her spread out beneath me, my wanton princess. Her body was an astounding thing of beauty. And I made myself take the time look, to enjoy all that was mine. Though I had no real fear that I wouldn't come back to her, there was no sense in testing fate. I wanted the memory of her like this to carry with me. High firm breasts, flat concaved stomach, and slightly flared hips that cupped her pretty hairless pussy. Shapely thighs that had I taken the time to really look before I would've noticed were well toned and defined. Dancer's legs. I held her eyes with mine as I ran my hand over her heated fle
I caught up to him on one of the paths that lead to the beach where he stood waiting for me. "I know your mind went back there again and I know we've all told you more than once that your uncle was a piece of shit asshole who had no fucking brains." "Yes I think I've heard one or more of you say something along those lines a time or two." "Who do you trust brother?" "My brothers." "So why don't you believe us when it comes to this one thing? Put it away and put it away for good. You deserve the same happiness as everyone else and fuck anyone who says different." "Dani says she's in love with you." "Who Dani?" "No you fuck, Ariel. You know how these women talk, which is good for us that they get along so well, but that also means there are no secrets. It's going to be interesting when we get back home to the compound." "Anyway, she says the girl's in love with you and you'll be a fool to let anyone get in the way of that. I don't