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Orion snorts as I glance over my shoulder at him and he rubs his face, a sign he had a long night without sleep. “Yeah, I am. I’m fucking tired, and I can’t drink coffee because it’ll knock me out. Stimulants do the opposite for me.”
Nodding, I turn back to face the computer to see Greg staring back at me.“Did something happen, then? Orion went to Hidden Hills yesterday, does he have an address for us? I have a team ready for extraction as soon as we do,”he growls as he throws this all at me in rapid fire.
Holy shit, Greg’s been busy. He feels bad that Xav hasn’t been taken out, giving him the time and space to have Lennon now.
“Not quite…” I hesitate, moving to the side to show him the hostage hanging from the ceiling. However, hostage isn’t quite the right word since he’ll be dying here and we won’t be ransoming him.
“What the fuck, guys?”Greg groans.“I feel like y’all need to be babysat,”he mutters, leaning back in his seat. He has a slight southern accent from living down in the Carolinas and it makes me smirk in amusement.
“There’s a good reason for this,” Orion says, as he steps towards Eric with a scowl. “Derek’s father wanted me to see the inner workings of the hospital. I sketched out the entire interior and surroundings I saw last night to send you, but the navigation system took me around in circles and back roads to get there and back. Which means, I have no fucking idea how to get there because there’s no identifying markers anywhere near it. My navigation took me back to my house on an even longer route and I couldn’t change it. Trust me, I did try, but it was locked.”
Orion kicks Eric in the stomach in the odd show of frustration, and listens to him groan as his body swings from the hook his arms are hanging from. Taking a deep breath, Orion continues. “I was taken to this very sterile, everything was fucking white area of the hospital, where Xav’s pet projects or more dangerous patients are. Grant wanted updates on how Xav was treating his newest pet,Lennon.”
Orion sounds slightly pained as he says her name and my eyes narrow. “Wait, you saw her? How was she? Dad said he wants to take me to see my mom next week, and I’m hoping I get the chance to get into Dad’s office. There has to be paperwork with an address there. A fucking bill, something.”
Greg nods on the video.“Yeah, that’s going to be our best bet if we can’t get an address any other way. So who is this guy?”
Orion doesn’t seem to want to address before he steels himself to respond.What could have happened?
“Xav is torturing Lennon in that hospital,” he begins, ripping off the bandaid. “Emotionally, psychologically, and physically. She isn’t sleeping, losing weight, and he showed her clips of Roark cheating on Lennon and Turner yesterday.”
“Fuck no. There’s no goddamn way he would,” I growl. “What was the proof?”
“There’s no way he’d cheat on them. They’re in South Carolina with Tori and Miguel,”Greg tells us.
“Does Tori have red hair by chance?” Orion asks mildly.
“Yep, why?”Greg asks suspiciously.
Sighing, Orion turns and picks up a photo to show us. A redhead is snuggled against Turner, but her features are slightly out of focus. Greg curses under his breath and I realize immediately that this is Tori. Turner is close with her and always calls her Red for a reason.
“Oh shit,” I groan. “What an asshole. He’s using Tori to make Len think he’s cheating on her.”
“Yep. You may want to tell Turner and Roark to keep it in their pants while at the club. I have a feeling Turner was giving Roark a blow job there, and Xav zeroed in to where it was just mouth and cock,” Orion says with a shrug.
“Turner has a tongue piercing, did the camera not catch that?” I’m just really surprised that Lennon wouldn’t notice this.
“Dude, the girl was suffering from blood loss and exhaustion. I didn’t see a fucking piercing either, and he made a compelling argument. I really think Tori made Lennon question everything though,” Orion says defensively.
Interesting.I didn’t think Orion was capable of being upset or worried for someone else.
Greg’s fingers fly across his phone screen as he messages someone.“I’m asking Turner about it now. Roark’s been fucked up with anxiety for Lennon, and I don’t want to ask him about this and make him feel like shit. Turner is worried about his sobriety,”Greg confesses.
“I didn’t know there was a sobriety issue?” I ask, surprised because Roark is such a rock of stability. There’s still so much I don’t know about them, and I feel like I’m running out of time.
“Yeah, the high of performing and meditation made a big difference in his life so he was able to quit, but with Lennon gone he’s spiraling a little,”Greg mutters.
“Can we get back on track?” Orion asks, rolling his eyes.
“Yes oh high and mighty master. Are we moving on to torturing Eric now?” I ask, because sometimes I’m a brat. I also want to know what this asshole did to Lennon, because that’s the only reason Orion would have taken him. The guy is becoming obsessed with her, and I see no issue with it as long as it means he helps us find her.
“The fucker put his hands where they don’t belong,” Orion tells me, and the room spins on me as a roaring begins in my ears. “Xav made me help him break Lennon. I held a piece of sheeting against her face as he said awful fucking things to her. I couldn’t break character but—”
“It’s what you had to do, Orion,”Greg confirms.“Xav thinks you’re Grant’s weapon to yield, and that means following directions. I’ve had to do shit undercover that I’m not proud of, but the end justifies the means sometimes. Don’t dwell on it, you’ll explain it all to Lennon when she’s out.”
I stare at Orion in horror as he tells us about how he helped torture Lennon, how Eric finger fucked her dry when she was passed out, and then came all over her. I begin to fantasize about all the ways I’m going to make this man scream. Would it be too much to fuck his ass with a hot poker? He deserves nothing less for hurting my girl.
“I insisted on cleaning up Lennon afterwards because the staff who work on that side of the hospital are fucking evil. We need to exterminate everyone who works there, Greg. If you need to get special permission to just raze the place to the ground, I want it. We need to get her out soon, I feel like it’s all taking too damn long,” Orion complains as Eric starts to moan as he wakes up. Whatever he gave him was strong.
