“Don’t worry, it can be months, years or even centuries,” Aria says as she pats my leg before standing. “Now come, no use hiding in here. Let’s go down and see what they are all up to.”
We make our way towards the bar; the women walking behind me as I guide the way. As I enter the bar I hear the men talking. “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.” The man talking is a bear of a man, his voice gruff and I can hear the irritation in it which I completely agree with from what he says, one of my pet peeves working for the shipping industry was always the way documents were filled, “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 do,” I say before I realize what I am doing, I can feel everyone’s eyes on me now which is a little unnerving, but I was just surrounded by men earlier and survived, I’m sure I will now too. I sought out Ulrich, only to see him approaching me, which has me relaxing a little knowing that he is close.
“What do you mean Vixen?” What does he mean, doesn’t he know that I work for a shipping company?
“My job, I work for a shipping company. Well, actually I practically ran the company as the owner gave me free rein.”
“Well damn, we had a solution right here,” Colborn says which has my curiosity rising at what he means.
“Why do you need to know about shipping details?” I ask looking at Ulrich.
“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 reminder of what I have just gone through I tense, if women are being smuggled in ships and I can do something about it then I will definitely help.
“If I can get to my computer, then I can get most of the information that you need,” I reply, Ulrich takes my hand and I feel friction run up my arm.
“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.” I’m guessing the man talking is Draco as Katrina is all over his lap, and Damn she wasn’t joking when she said the men were hot. When he smiles, I’m sure those dimples would stop traffic?
“Are you okay with that?” Ulrich asks which has me looking at him, I was so distracted by Draco’s smile that I completely got side-tracked from the subject.
“If it helps stop more women getting kidnapped and treated the way they treated me, then I’m more than willing to help.” I see Ulrich’s eyes darken and a tender smile appear on his face just as he places his hand on the side of my face and gives me a tender kiss in front of everyone.
“Maybe you should go back to your room and take Ulrich with you,” Katrina quips as Ulrich lifts his head grinning.
“I want to introduce you to some of the men from our mother chapter, and to our president Draco.” At his statement I look over to the men, they all nod in greeting and then my eyes clash with Draco’s and I tense.
“Welcome Anastasia, you have now joined our most prized gifts, our women.” At his words, I feel a shiver rush down my spine.