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“And trust me when I say that if anyone slips up and dares to get too close, they are in it for life. There is no getting out, no getting away.” He shuddered, and Kozien could see it was personal. “I tried to keep Gabe from the gang for that reason.”
Kozien felt like his head was going to spin. This was bad. It couldn’t get worse than this. “I need to know where they took Gianna.”
“If they took her, they probably have her on their ship. I can make a few calls to see if she’s on it.” Oliver rubbed his head. “And someone else might tell you what you want. But it’ll cost you.”
“Deal,” Kozien said, not even bothering to think about it. Money wasn’t an issue for him.
“He’s down the street on the corner.” Oliver nodded to the left. “Ask him about the ship. Say Oliver sent you. If he doesn’t give you anything, simply tell him you’ll break his hand.”
Kozien could do that. So, he pushed himself up and turned toward the door. He paused and looked back at him. “Thank you.”
Oliver looked at him with an empty expression. “Let’s hope we’re quick enough.”
Kozien headed down the road, seeing a small group of guys hanging on the corner. He looked them over, wondering just which one Oliver had said would cave.
His eyes landed on the middle guy and realized he was the one. The group looked up, and the middle guy tilted his head. “Can we help you?”
“Oliver sent me,” he said. “Said you could tell me some information I wanted to know.”
The guy snorted. “You’re high if you think I’m saying jack shit to you about anything.”
Kozien clenched his jaw. “How about a broken hand? Will that sway you?”
The man swallowed. He nodded at everyone to move, leaving them alone. The man scowled. “I don’t do business with jackasses.”
“I’ll pay whatever you want. All you need to do is tell me if you know about a girl named Gianna on the D’Narvius spaceship that was leaving.”
The man narrowed his eyes. “Prove it first. I want to see the money.”
Kozien pulled out his phone and opened his accounts. He pulled some money from the business account, knowing he could cover it up later. It didn’t matter. His brothers could be pissed at him after this was over, but he would never forgive himself if he didn’t save Gianna.
He grabbed the man’s wrist-comm and wired him a large chunk of money. The man’s eyes went wide.
“Talk,” Kozien barked, letting his arm fall. “Or that money you just received will be used to heal more than a few broken bones.”
The man waved his hand. “Hey. I’ll give you what you want.” He pulled a pad out and started to scribble some words and an address down. “This is where you want to go.”
Kozien snatched the paper and looked at it. The man had written out the location and even mapped out the way to get there.
“From what I heard, she’s working for them and has to go through a trial to prove herself worthy.” The man sighed. “Now, the rest of the money.”
Kozien looked up at him. “You can have that when I get her. If this isn’t real, I’ll hunt you down, slit your throat, and leave you for the rats you work with.”
The man swallowed, and his face paled.
Kozien turned and stormed away, hoping he wasn’t too late.
Chapter 10
Eventhoughtheshiphad buffers, Gianna could still feel it as they descended for landing. There was quite a lot of turbulence on the way down and she wondered if the pilot was on drugs.
All of them are probably on drugs.
The landing itself was quite smooth and did not jolt her around as much as she’d feared. When the two aliens came to the door to escort her, Gianna’s knees went weak all over again.
Even though they grabbed her and shoved her along, by the time they left the ship for the wide-open dock, her captors had settled down and only held her by a light touch on her arm. Yes, she was frightened, but she had no intention of making an escape.
“Where are we?” she muttered. Her captors did not answer, but soon after she saw a sign nearby that announced the planet was Jorvlen.
