Kellen looked beyond irritated that I had put him in this situation. But time was pressing and I had no doubt he’d get the information out of Chad that we needed.
Besides, he’s the one that put himself in this situation in the first place. Call yourself an interrogator—well, go be one. “So…are you going in?”
Kellen’s cross look remained on his face, but eventually he sighed. “For you.” He pointed at me directly. “I will go in there.”
“Pardon—” Mike started.
Kellen shot his gaze to him, raised his hand in a pissed off gesture. “Ignore that and the rest of this conversation.” Then, he looked at Nick. “You too.”
Chase laughed again.
“You’re doing a good a thing here,” I told Kellen.
He gave me a steady look. “For you, I am going in there. You and you alone. Be sure to remember that.” He grabbed me hard and laid one of his immaculate kisses against my mouth. I was instantly lost in the spectacular kiss. When he abruptly pulled back, his eyes smouldered as his gaze locked on my mouth. “After we get the girl back, you are going to thank me with your mouth and that will make me feel good.”
I grinned with sultry intent. That wasn’t something I was unwilling to give. “You’ve got yourself a deal.”
“You may have her mouth,” Chase interjected, “but I get her pu**y.”
Kellen grinned at him and the two men exchanged a hungry look. “Now, that is also something I can agree to.”
I fanned myself. Being swooned over by two men was fantastic. “Nothing better than being appreciated for my skills.” Then I gave my head a shake as I realized just how inappropriate this was.
“What are we doing?” I pushed Kellen forward. “Go on, get in there.”
Kellen snorted a thoroughly annoyed sound then looked at Mike and Nick. “You can listen now.”
Then, he walked through the door letting it slam behind him.
I stepped up close to the two-way mirror as he entered and began to walk around Chad. When he stepped in behind him, he leaned down and said beside his ear, “You have been treated well here, Chad McKinney, but that is about to end. I am here to get answers.” He leaned away from him and took the seat directly across from him. “And no more of this pissing around the bushes.”
“I’m not…” Chad started.
Kellen leaned in. I knew exactly what he was doing. He was locking him in, capturing his gaze to put him under his control. “You are going to answer what I ask and you are going to be truthful.”
“I am always truthful,” Chad responded. His eyes fogged as if he was looking at nothing even though his contact remained with Kellen. “It is the way of the Lord.”
“Good,” Kellen responded as he looked back at me and sighed. I smiled to myself. It was kind of funny seeing him in this position, completely uncomfortable. After a lingering glance my way, Kellen focused back on Chad. “You need to retrace your steps to when you met the young lady Sabrina.”
“She’s an angel,” Chad responded dreamily
Kellen nodded as if he had just expected that exact reply from him. “You watched her?”
“Yes, I watched her for days. God was pleased with her. She was on a path that would lead her to Heaven.”
My face was practically squished against the glass. This had to work. My job never entailed surviving victims. The truth was, now that I thought about it, I was desperate to find this young woman.
Not only to see her well, but to have a moment within this job that held happiness. A sense of pride to save someone’s life. Something I had yet to feel as a Special Agent. Usually, it was more about preventing the killer from taking another life. Not finding one of his victims alive. I began to get anxious, unable to stand still as I constantly shifted my feet to ease my impatience.
Kellen leaned back in his chair and placed his hands in his lap. “When did her right path end?”
“When she sinned, she took the Lord’s name in vain.”
“And that is when you took her?” Kellen probed.
“I needed to save her from herself. She was going to be damned eternally. She needed to be returned to God.”
Kellen’s frustration was building by the tense set of his shoulders. The only downfall with stealing the mind of a mortal was that they only answered your question directly.
You wouldn’t get anything deeper. I moved around anxiously, hoped he’d pull through here. We needed this. This was the only way we were going to find Sabrina before it was too late.
Kellen leaned forward. His gaze was intent, focused and unyielding. “Where have you put Sabrina?”
“I have put her back with God.”
Kellen’s fists slammed down on top of the table. “Where have you left her then?”
Uh oh! Anger began to swell on Kellen’s face. This I had seen too many times to count. Kellen had one flaw, a wicked temper. He wasn’t patient, nor was he delicate.
When he got frustrated, the world knew it.
Chad gave that sweet as sugar smile. “She will always be with me, I’m God’s messenger.”
In a movement that was far too quick, Kellen lunged over the table and slammed Chad up against the wall.
“Oh shit.” I ran for the door. Fuck, I should have seen it with the clenched fists, but I hadn’t really considered that he’d react the way he did. I thought he’d have more restraint over his frustrations. Clearly, he was bored with this all and wanted it over with.
“What have you done with her? Where is she?” Kellen roared. “My patience is thin. I am tired of this ridiculous journey.” He slammed him up against the wall again. “Tell me where she is.”
Chad gasped, his face beginning to turn a shade of blue. “She is being saved. I’ve sent her home to God.”
“Where?” Kellen growled, a tone I’d heard before. He was willing every ounce of strength out of him. As I cleared the door I could see Kellen was straining in his powers.
I rushed forward as did the others and grabbed Kellen to pull him off Chad. “Let go, Kellen, right now.”
“Forest Home Cemetery, ” Chad squeaked before he fainted.
Kellen glanced toward me. Annoyance weighed heavy on his face as he released Chad to the floor. The kid crumpled to the ground with a loud thud, knocked old cold.
“We do not manhandle suspects,” Mike spat at Kellen. “You should know that as part of the FBI.”
“I apologize.” Kellen wiped his hands on his slacks and met Mike’s gaze unabashed.
“The chum got the best of me.”
Nick looked down to where Chad was slumped out cold and whistled. “There is going to be some hell to pay for this.”
I ignored the limp Chad on the floor, Kellen’s arrogance and Mike’s anger. What the hell where they still doing here? “As if it matters. We know where she is.” All gazes met mine in a second flat.
Mike’s face filled with puzzlement. “He hadn’t said anything?”
Of course, he had, but Mike’s mortal ears didn’t hear it. “He told us, you just weren’t listening.”
Without a moment to spare, I ran as fast as I could without rising suspicion.
Sabrina…we’re coming!
Chapter Thirteen
The car sped down the road at rapid speed, weaving in out of cars with sirens blaring. “I hope you’re right about this.” Mike’s hands gripped the steering wheel as he manoeuvred his way through Milwaukee.
“He said it, you just didn’t hear it.” I held onto the holy shit handle above the window in the backseat. The borrowed police cruiser continued to weave through the traffic, tossing all of us around in the car as Mike drove with speed only achieved through years of police training. The sirens continued to scream through the air as Mike honked the horn loudly.
“Would you sit still,” Kellen chastised me as I rested upon his lap.
We were in such a hurry to get out of there, Nick, Kellen, Chase and I piled into the back with Mike in the front. Regardless of the fact there was an empty seat beside him.
There wasn’t time to think things out. Now, I wish someone had gotten into the front. It was damn uncomfortable. “Just because you are always cool and collect, doesn’t mean we all are.”
Kellen groaned and shifted me onto his other thigh. “Your ass is bony.”
“We’re not far now.” Mike ignored the banter and took a quick turn that sent us all to demolish Chase.
“Muscle strength, please,” Chase groaned.
Kellen forced himself straighter to offset the weight. “How far away?”
“A couple minutes.” Mike punched harder on the gas and the engine roared in response.
I could hardly contain myself. We needed to get there. Find this girl and see her well.
It was far past a need and now more of an obsession. I craved to see her healthy and returned to her family.
“Hadley.” Kellen’s tone was curt. Then in a quick move, he shoved me off and pushed me across to rest on Chase’s lap. “I can’t take any more of that bony ass.”