hair from his finger and put it and the earring back into the small plastic bag.
“Did any of you see or feel what Hay did?” Dalton’s voice drew his attention. His brothers were usually so calm and in control just like he was, but Hay had picked up on the slight tremor in Dalt’s voice. He looked over to Whit and noticed that he was paler than usual.
“No,” the rest of their team answered.
“Did you?” Hay asked, looking from Dalt to Whit and back again.
“Yes,” they answered simultaneously.
“Are you going to tell us what happened?” Cal shifted in his seat and took a sip from his water bottle.
Hay began to explain, and then his brothers took over. He couldn’t believe how much they had seen and felt when he’d been the one to have the vision. But to have all of them see what they had, had to mean something. Didn’t it?
“What the hell is going on?” Whit snapped out.
Hay knew his brother wasn’t angry and didn’t take umbrage to his tone, but when Whit rose to his feet and began to pace he knew that his older brother was just as confused as he was.
“Did any of the Elite Dragons experience anything like this?” Ry asked.
“Other than Bronsin feeling emotions from a long distance, I don’t think so.”
“Don’t look at this as a negative,” Thorpe said. “This is just another gift you’ve been given. There has to be a reason you were able to see what this woman went through. Tell us again what you saw.”
Once again Hay, Dalt, and Whit went through what they had seen.
“Did any of you recognize the language being spoken?” Adam queried.
“They were speaking an Asian language.” Hay sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
“Any idea which language?” Brom headed to the small fridge in their room and snagged a can of soda.
“It sounded like Japanese.”
“Shit.” Whit took a seat on the side of one of the beds.
“What?” Hay looked at his brother.
“Both missing women have blonde hair and blue eyes. What if there are men out there looking for those specific traits in a woman and orders are being taken?”
He sat up straighter as an epiphany occurred. His brother was right. If what Tony said was correct and there was a sex slave ring being set up, then the two missing women could have been kidnapped because of assholes ordering women with specific characteristics.
“Orders from whom?” Hunt leaned forward.
“Not from whom, but for what. What if Japan’s criminal underworld is taking orders to kidnap women with specific attributes?”
Dalton uncrossed his legs. “Fuck! I think you could be on to something, Hay.”
“I think it’s time I called our boss.” Whit hit a button on speed dial, and then he began to explain to Tony what they suspected and then disconnected the call. “Tony’s looking into it but he thinks we’re on the right track. He’s never heard of someone having visions but he wants you to try again. He’s hoping we can glean more information from your visualizations. We’ll try again tonight. We need to get some food and rest up a bit.”
Hay nodded. He was feeling rather drained after the waking dreams he’d just had, and even though he wasn’t looking forward to going through that again, he would.
He felt connected to Sara-Jane and would do anything he could to rescue her and the other woman, Nicole.
Chapter Three
Sara-Jane shivered and huddled closer to Nicole. Since being stuck in this room for ten days, she was scared for her life. Nicole had only been here a few days, and felt bad that the other woman had been kidnapped, too. And although she felt guilty for thinking it, she was glad she wasn’t alone. She had no idea what the men wanted, and since they never spoke English, she couldn’t understand a word they said, but maybe that was by choice, not because they didn’t understand or speak the English language. She suspected they were Japanese, but couldn’t be sure.
Sara was tired, hungry, and scared, but she
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