Chapter Fourteen
Several weeks passed, and they had yet to find Payne. Both men were getting impatient, and she knew she was starting to get anxious at the thought of the man being free and close.
Ben started going to his office every day. She knew he could only take so much time, and the pack needed him. It helped to know he was always in the building.
Rowan had his own work to do but tried to do most of it at the apartment.
Jenna had spent some time every day looking online for pillows and pictures for the apartment. She was sick of the dull tones ofthe men’s decor.
She was looking through one of the decorating magazines the men had bought her when the elevator doors slid open.
She was surprised to see Noelle. The woman was smiling, but there was tension about her, whichJenna didn’t understand. She’d only seen the woman a few times when she had dropped off food for them.
“Hi, Noelle. Is there something I can help you with?” Jenna stood to face the woman.
“Hey, Jenna. Where are your mates?”
“Ben is in his office, and Rowan is dealing with something but will be right back.”
Jenna’s eyes widened when the woman pulled a gun from her pocket.
“What are you doing?” Jenna asked.
“You need to come with me,” Noelle said.
Jenna could see her getting more and more agitated the longer they stood there, but she wanted to distract her and give Rowan some time to get back.
“Why are you doing this?”
“Because I’m sick of humans taking our men. I can’t stand the thought of being with a human man. They are so pathetic and weak. I don’t care if the human is my mate or not.”
“We didn’t have a choice, Noelle. You know that.”
Noelle waved the gun around. “Come here, now. We’ve got to go before the men get back.”
Jenna crossed her arms over her chest. “You know they will kill you when they find out you’re threatening me.”
“Shut up!” she screamed.
Jenna hoped someone would have heard her and come to see what was happening.
“What if I say no?”
“Then I kill the person that comes out of the elevator.”
“You’d kill your Alpha?” Jenna asked.
She could tell the thought upset the woman, but she didn’t lower the gun.
“If I must. Now, come on.”
“I expected this from someone like Morgan but not you. I was hoping we could be friends,” Jenna told her.
The woman sneered. “Not going to happen. I only like being with shifters. I’m getting pissed, cunt. Get over here, or someone’s death will be on your conscience.”
The thought of one of the men getting hurt sickened her and gave her the courage to walk over to the woman. Jenna cried out when she latched onto her arm, digging her nails into her skin. The woman was much stronger than she was and easily dragged her to the elevator. Once on, she pushed a number to a floor Jenna had not been to.
“Are you going to kill me?”
Noelle snorted. “No. I’ll give you to someone who will, though.”
Jenna had a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. She took a guess. “You know Payne?”
Noelle chuckled. “Very well. The man is a sick bastard, but he knows how to fuck.”
“I didn’t know dogs and cats fucked each other,” Jenna said.
That pissed the woman off, and she jerked her closer. “You don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about, so I’d advise you to shut the fuck up.”
“Do you really think my mates won’t know it was you that took me from them?”
She caught the fear in the woman’s eyes but didn’t get a response.
The elevator doors opened. Jenna looked around at the crates and boxes stored in the large room. She also frantically searched for a weapon.
They got to another door. Noelle opened it and shoved her through. “Move.”
This room was brighter than the other and contained fewer things. Noelle kept pushing her toward another door, which she knew would take them outside.
Jenna tried to keep her cool. She was relieved to see a box cutter on the table before them. Acting as if she stumbled, she snatched up the knife, holding it tightly to her side.
A set of metal steps led down to the ground. When she saw the big black car, her panic started to rise. The door opened, and Noelle shoved her in. When Jenna finally got seated, she stared into the empty, black eyes of the monster who had been harassing her. The car had two seats that faced each other, and she moved to get as far from him as possible.
“Well, well, if it isn’t the cunt I’ve been looking for,” Payne said and grinned. He looked at Noelle. “I didn’t believe you could do it, Sweets.”
Noelle smiled. “I told you I could. Now, I need to get back before they miss me.”
Payne pulled out a gun and pointed it at Noelle. “Not so fast, Dear.”
Noelle’s eyes widened. “Wait, what are you going to do?”
“I have no more use for you,” Payne told her.
“But I got the woman you wanted.”
“Yes, and I think you for that, but…” He raised the gun and shot Noelle in the middle of her forehead.
Jenna was beyond shocked, too staggered to scream or react, and couldn’t fathom what had just happened. The sight of the man so easily taking another person’s life, actually enjoying it, made her sick. The fact she hadn’t heard a shot confused her at first until she saw the silencer on the gun Payne held.
The feeling of stickiness covered her face, making her reach up. When she brought her fingers in front of her, they were red with blood and what looked like brain matter.
She looked at the man. “What? How could you be so sick?”
Payne’s eyes narrowed on her as he yelled to one of his men. “Drive. Take us to the warehouse on Tenth.”
“You got it, Boss.”
Jenna ignored Noelles body in the seat next to her and struggled to stay upright as the car turned right and then left. It couldn’t go very fast because of the other traffic, which gave her men time to find her. Oh, God, she hoped and prayed they found her before this monster could touch her.
Payne put the gun away and sneered at her. “I smell those bastards on you. It’s disgusting.”
“They are my mates,” she informed him. “They’ll stop at nothing to get me back. You fucked with the wrong shifters.”
She thought she saw some emotion in the man’s eyes instead of the cold, dead look he usually had, but it went away too fast to determine what it was.
“That cunt didn’t tell me that,” Payne growled. “Oh, well, it’s too late now.” He grinned. I’ll be done with you before they get a chance to find you.”
Jenna considered all the different scenarios and knew she would have to act before they reached their destination.
As the minutes ticked by, her fear grew and panic started to take over. She kept telling herself to stay calm, but it was getting next to impossible.
She looked out the side of the window to see what seemed like a hundred people milling about going on about their day while she was fighting for her life.