Explosive Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

Author:Kaylea Cross [Cross, Kaylea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vengeance Series
Publisher: Kaylea Cross Inc.
Published: 2019-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Unease tightened Fleur’s stomach as she followed the broker into a staircase and below deck to inspect the “cargo” she was supposedly buying for her boss. With each step she was more and more out of her depth.

This wasn’t the plan. Wasn’t supposed to happen. Now no one had a visual on her. But the broker had refused to bring any of the women on deck to speak to, insisting she go below with him to inspect the cargo. She hadn’t seen a way to talk herself out of this without tipping her hand and blowing her cover. She could have just walked away. But saving these women was important enough to her that she’d stayed and accepted the risks.

The heels of her pumps tapped on the metal steps as they descended the well-lit stairwell. “Is it far down?” She wanted in and out of here as fast as possible. She would make sure the women were aboard and still alive, then immediately go back up on deck and signal Chloe and the rest of the team.

“Two more decks. Take off your shoes if they’re bothering you,” he said without looking back, his almost bored tone making it clear he didn’t care one way or the other.

She wished she were like Chloe, able to kill this evil cockroach, then free the women herself. But she wasn’t, and all she had was the knife Chloe had given her tucked into the sleeve of her suit jacket.

Her steps seemed to echo off the narrow walls, the broker a good twenty stairs ahead of her, nearly to the next deck hatch now. Her shoes were painful, but without them her feet would be completely unprotected. If she had to run for it, she wasn’t sure which was worse, being barefoot, or trying to escape in these torture contraptions.

Metal groaned as the man opened the hatch and stood waiting for her with an annoyed expression. “In here. Hurry up.”

Fleur hurried, her heart thudding hard against her ribs as she followed him through the hatch into the dim interior. As soon as she did, she smelled it.

Sweat, unwashed bodies and human waste.

She swallowed a gag, barely kept from covering her nose as she followed him down a narrow corridor. It was quiet. Way too quiet, and she didn’t see any other crewmembers on this level.

The broker stopped beside a panel and hit a switch. Blinding white light lit up the space. Fleur squinted and held up a hand to shield her eyes, her unfocused gaze landing on a sight before her that made her stomach twist.

A large shipping container with a hole cut into the side, metal bars acting like a jail cell window.

“In there,” the man said, and tossed something at her.

Fleur reflexively caught the flashlight to her stomach. Swallowing, doing her best to cover her revulsion and fear, she switched it on and aimed it at the metal bars.

She saw nothing but darkness inside. She stepped closer, keeping the beam of light at eye level.

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