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“Venetia, I will make sure that I top you up anytime you like.”
Her face caught fire as she caught his meaning and snapped her jaw shut. He started laughing, cuddling her again and told her how happy he was that she had come to the island. Kidnapping her would have made things awkward.
Chapter Ten
Dance class was rough. She rocked, stretched, and moved in time to drum and pipe music. When the teacher let her relax for the end of the first class, Ven gulped down water and promised to return at nine the next morning.
“Are you sure your mates will be done with you by nine?” Madame Aroha smiled.
“Yeah, the horny bastards wake up early.” She snorted as she put her sandals on.
“They are collecting you?”
Ven checked her watch. “In a few minutes.”
There was a knock at the side door. Ven blinked when she saw the familiar face of Myele.
Aroha smiled at her. “Myele. What are you doing here?”
“I wish to speak with the king’s companion.” Myele paused. “Please.”
Ven got to her feet. “Why?”
“There are things that I need to say to you, miss. Please.”
Ven checked her watch. “How long is this going to take?”
“Just a few minutes. Please. I have a lot to get off my chest.”
Ven smiled at Aroha. “Tell the guys where I went.”
“I will, Lady Venetia.”
Ven walked to the side door and followed Myele out. Myele spoke softly and offered a heartfelt apology as they crested a ridge, and that was when Ven felt the sharp impact on her thigh. She saw the dart and turned to run back to town, but Myele grabbed her, hissing, “This is for getting me fired, bitch!”
Ven collapsed, but she was still staring at Myele when her head exploded. Ven threw the dart down the path and into the brush when masked men rushed at her and carried her down the slope to a zodiac on the shore. The guys were silent, and her world went grey, then black.
* * * *
Reynaldo looked at the disturbance on the path and the bloody mess where Myele had been. He was keeping calm. Syar was his focus now. The locals had all come running to say a team of alphas in black had fired from the shore twice, and a few minutes later, Venetia had been hauled to the boat, and they were out to sea.
She was gone. Now they had to wait. This had all the hallmarks of a ransom scheme, and they would have to wait it out.
Syar had started the calls for help, and now they had to wait for the notice for the ransom. Whatever they wanted, Syar would pay it. If the price was Syar himself, that is where Reynaldo would have to draw the line and keep his mate from doing something stupid.
Reynaldo’s beast shifted and roared his frustrated fury. He was trying to stay calm for his partner, but his mate was somewhere on the ocean, and he needed her back.
* * * *
Penny held Jax’s hand as the second leg of their journey was nearing its completion. The amphibious helicopter had dropped low. Thor was looking around, and he spoke into his microphone. “I can see the trail.”
The pilot nodded. The extra assistance in the form of a very curvy woman was sitting next to the pilot. Penny didn’t know what Nova did, but Luna assured them she was good.
The pilot muttered, “I can see the ship.”
Penny used the sat phone and called Syar. “Let Ven know that we are almost there. We can see them.”
Syar noted, “Message sent, and she is furious.”
