We might not always see eye to eye, but we would die for each other and I need that when it comes to my mate. I want her to be protected and safe at all times even if I’m not around and I know that we might have our arguments, but every single one of the men will die before letting a woman come to harm especially one that belongs to another brother.
Asger hands me a beer as I take a seat at the bar turning my back to the counter I look at the others, Draco and his men might not be part of the Cape Town chapter but they are the founding chapter and as such we have the utmost respect for them as they have fought alongside all the chapters to keep the Elemental’s safe when we still didn’t have a cure for our rage. I close my eyes trying to sense Anastasia and sense her close, her energy is calm which tells me that if the other women found her, they are not upsetting her.
“I hear that you have some of the kidnappers in the basement,” Draco states as he looks at Colborn that nods at him. “Have you been able to find anything else out?”
“No, they all have the same story that they collect the women from a specific location and take them to a house which they are responsible for. When they get a text message to take them somewhere else they drop them off and leave,” Asger states as he comes to sit next to me.
“I think that they know more than they are saying, like who are they working for, how do they get paid,” I mutter, I know that the gangs might not know much as they just pick the women up and deliver them to someone but the men that are actually keeping them before transporting them somewhere will know more I’m sure.
“I agree with you,” Brandr says, “but we will find out soon enough if they know anything else.” At his statement I frown, “If you guys don’t mind, Burkhart and I will ask them some questions and I will have Aria help us to see if there are any other answers that they are not voicing.” When I realize what they want to do I nod. Damn, who needs interrogations when you have someone like her around?
Maybe Draco can’t read minds, or he would be the one interrogating the men, wouldn’t he? I look over at Draco and see his lips kick up as he looks at me. Fuck, he can read minds.
“Well, it can’t hurt, and whatever you find out will come in real handy. We thought that we would figure out who is shipping them, but what we found was a container that was registered under a fictitious name,” I state
“Celmund has been combing through shipping companies but their systems aren’t always the easiest to go through and most of them use paperwork as they haven’t heard of technology,” Bjarni says sarcastically, “we need someone that knows the shipping industry inside and out, like that they know what they are looking for and their way around their systems.” I look towards the door sensing Anastasia and see her standing in the doorway a frown on her face, Katrina and Aria standing behind her.
“I do,” she says as she takes a step forward. The men are all looking at her now. Katrina walks towards Draco and slides onto his lap and kisses him on the cheek, it is amazing to all of us how a man as powerful as Draco found a woman that can keep up with him, and not be intimidated by his power.
I stand and make my way towards my woman as Aria, Saskia and Gabriela also step around Anastasia and make their way towards their mates. “What do you mean Vixen?” she looks at me and frowns.
“My job, I work for a shipping company. Well, actually I practically ran the company as the owner gave me free rein,” she states with a shrug. How did I not know this? I wanted to know about her gift, but I didn’t make the time to find out about her life, I will rectify that at the earliest possible time.
“Well damn, we had a solution right here,” Colborn says as he looks at me with a raised brow.
“Why do you need to know about shipping details?” she asks, looking at me.
“They were going to smuggle you across on a ship and the other women that they have kidnapped have all been taken on ships.” At the mention of her abduction I see her flinch, which has my anger rising at the fuckers behind all of this.
“If I can get to my computer, then I can get most of the information that you need,” she replies, taking her hand I turn fully towards the others.
“Do you need your computer, or can any computer do as long as you have your passwords?” Colborn asks
“There are some things that I might be able to check online, but most of the ships have to log in with the port on what their cargo will be, usually we should be able to pick it up from there especially if we find a company or a person that sends items with different shipping companies or if the items are completely different from one container to another. We can also pick it up on who checks the container or if their container is one of those that never gets checked.”
“We will get you a laptop, and then we will get you to talk to our tech guy Celmund that will help you get into anything you are finding difficult to get into,” Draco states as he looks around Katrina’s shoulder.
I don’t want Anastasia to feel pressured into doing anything, I can feel the slight tremor in her hand and know that hacking into the shipping network isn’t something she is feeling comfortable with. “Are you okay with that?” I ask.
“If it helps stop more women getting kidnapped and treated the way they treated me, then I’m more than willing to help.” I can’t stop myself from kissing her, lifting my hand I cradle her cheek as I lower my head and kiss her lips tenderly, feeling her tense. My woman isn’t just fiery, but she’s courageous too.