Forged (Burning Souls) by Fields MJ

Author:Fields, MJ [Fields, MJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MJ Fields
Published: 2013-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Maddox walked down the stairs and looked at Brody as he cradled Emma, stroking her hair as she cried. Her eyes were still swollen shut and the left side of her face was a deep purple. Maddox could see the storm brewing inside of Brody; it mirrored the one inside of him. The girls both clung to him all evening, he knew it was only because he was the one who found them. Had they not needed him, he knew he would fall apart.

Tessa was sitting on the couch with John and Caroline looking just like Emma, beaten and in intense physical pain. Through her eyes he could see the deep despair; she was being torn apart just like he was.

He walked over to her and knelt before her, “She’s out there Tessa—she’s alive. I promise you I’ll find her. I won’t stop looking until I’ve brought her back to you.”

Tessa grabbed him and sobbed into his shoulder, “What if…what if…”

“She is alive, I feel it. So do you Tessa, close your eyes and see her. Her heart is beating and she is scared but she knows we will find her,” Maddox was doing everything he could to stay strong. It was killing him to sit and wait.

Maddox’s phone chimed.

- Call me as soon as you can…Z

~

Collin slammed down the phone and walked outside to clear his head. It had been less than twelve hours since his daughter was taken. The police had come up with nothing and his team was hitting walls every time they turned around. His baby had gone missing. He looked behind him and his chest tightened when he looked at his wife, the woman he loved more than anything, broken and beaten trying to protect their baby.

Tears pricked his eyes, he had been so strong, and tried to stay objective and think of this as just another recovery mission… but it was his daughter. The little girl who he taught to ride a bike, and who tried to teach him to dance. He had taught all three of his children to protect themselves but he pushed Harper the hardest. Drilling her on how to react in crisis. He closed his eyes remembering when she was almost ready to enter kindergarten, he spent the afternoon teaching her self-defense moves and how to react in case something were to happen at school.

“Like what Daddy?” her little voice squeaked.

“Like…”

“Like your crazy Daddy misses you so much he tries to bust in and take you home when you are having too much fun with your new friends, and Liam,” Tessa interrupted.

Harper laughed as Tessa tickled her until she was rolling on the ground.

“I’m gonna pee!” she laughed.

“Well go, go, go,” Tessa laughed.

“Like a bear Mommy?” Harper danced around holding herself.

“Sure, go go go!”

When Harper was behind the tree peeing Tessa looked at Collin, “You’re going to scare her.”

“I’m scared Tessa, she’s four years old. The boys…”

“Went to school and are just fine,” Tessa softly scolded him.

“I don’t like

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