Family Ties by Tricia Andersen

Author:Tricia Andersen [Andersen, Tricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic suspense
Publisher: The Hartwood Publishing Group
Published: 2016-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

It felt like desecration. Sloan growled as he cocked his rifle and slowly approached the old building. The ultimate transgression was taking his angel, the first of many precious gifts from his beautiful Abigail. Together the two females had been salvation from the hell he was doomed to forever.

To add insult to injury, the men who stole Ame brought her here. The Gauntlet. A place where he trained, sweated, bled. It was one of the many places he called home. Oliver and his men had broken in and set up the next piece in this horrific game they were playing.

And once I corner them, I’m going to spill their blood all over the floor.

He glanced over at Abbey as she climbed the rickety rusted ladder mounted to the outside of the building. His lass was being so strong. He admired her for it. Her baby had been taken from her and instead of cowering at home she insisted on going to war beside her husband. It didn’t stop her from whimpering as she slept on the plane. The sound broke Sloan’s heart. He had never heard a more horrible sound in his life.

“There aren’t any vehicles, Sloan,” Robert warned.

“They might be behind the building. Is everyone in position?”

Voices popped through the earpiece. Abbey’s came through as more of a grunt. Gordon’s was the last one to speak. “Attack.”

Each of them sprang through the available doors with their weapons drawn. The curse words sprung out of Sloan’s mouth before he could stop them. Instinctively he looked for his wife, finding her dangling from a platform near the rafters, a shattered look on her face. His heart twisted and plummeted in his chest.

Empty. They’re not here either.

Carefully, they began to inspect the area. Bartholomew sprung up the metal staircase into the old supervisor’s office that doubled for their kitchen. Robert dashed into the restroom while Logan checked the rooms along side it that housed their bedrooms. Sloan watched Abbey swing her way from the platform to the ladder mounted inside the building and climb down.

“What about the testing rooms? They could be in there,” Logan questioned.

“An ambush,” Gordon warned through the earpiece.

Sloan crossed the large room to the twin cages in the middle. Inside one was another photo. Sloan crouched down to pick it up as Abbey reached his side. “Doubtful. There’s another photo. Of course we’ll check them, but it seems it’s another decoy.”

“Of course it is, Daddy.” Oliver’s voiced echoed off the walls of the cavernous room.

“Oliver, I have had enough of this bullshit. Where is my daughter?” Sloan demanded.

The room grew deathly still as a soft voice called out “Dad! Mom!” through the speaker. Sloan’s heart thundered in his chest as he watched Abbey’s eyes grow wide. She covered her gaping mouth with her hands.

“Shut her up,” Oliver ordered. There was silence for a moment. “Well, as you can tell, your precious princess is alive. For now. But the clock is ticking.”

“We’ll find you,” Sloan warned. “And when I do, you’ll regret touching her or Dakota.

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