Sophie's Seduction (14 page)

Bo walked in the large home and headed straight for the back.  He entered the large office and faced the old man sitting behind the desk.  The old man leaned forward and Bo could see how he had aged dramatically in the last few years.  Someone would have to take over for him and Bo wanted it to be him.  He had earned it doing the old man's dirty deeds for far too many years.

"Well?
You find her?" the old man demanded.

Bo stepped forward and then sat down in one of the chairs facing the old man
.  "Yup.  They are in Promise with the rest of the vermin."

The old man sighed then spit
.  "I can't believe my flesh and blood would betray me like that.  Well, they are the enemy now.  Treat 'em as such.  Where are the men?"

"They are outside gearing up
.  I figured you would want us to head there," Bo said smugly.

The old man nodded
.  "Yeah I do.  Remember the priority is to find that damn tile piece.  We need it.  The women are just casualties."

Bo stood
.  "We will leave within an hour or two.  Jimmy went to go get the plane ready."

"Excellent
," the old man said.  "Don't forget, Bo, the tile is priority, then they all die."

"I'm on it, Gerard
.  I will make them pay for betraying you," Bo assured him.

The old man stood and walked around to lay a hand on Bo's shoulder
.  "Make sure you don't disappoint me.  We must succeed."

Bo nodded and then headed out the door to catch up with his men
.  Finally it was time to strike those vermin and rid the world of them.  Then they would deal with the others.  Bo grinned as he joined the guys who were loading up the supplies.  He was finally going to be able to blow the town of Promise to smithereens, killing all those Otherkin in one fell swoop and taking those traitorous bitches with them. 

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The Otherkin Series Book One

By Keira Kendrik

The door to the outer office opened and Gladys ushered in two young women who smiled tentatively at him.  He stood and came around his desk to shake their hands as Gladys made the introductions.

"Phoenix Raine, this is Keni Creswell and Olivia Paxton.”  Gladys introduced them then smiled gently at the two women as she exited the room.

"It's nice to meet you both, why don't we sit over here?
”  He indicated the sitting area.

The two women took seats on the couch while he sat in the armchair.  Keni Creswell was average height, about five foot three.  She had blonde hair that hung down her back in a ponytail with large blue eyes.  Olivia Paxton stood a few inches taller than her friend and had brown hair that fell to her shoulders.  Her eyes were a light brown and seemed to mirror her friend's in worry.  Beside him on a small table was a pad and pen for notes, but he usually didn't need them as he remember everything that was said.

"Why don't we start with why you are here today?" he prompted.

Keni sat forward and handed him a picture of a very beautiful woman.  She had long brown hair with blonde highlights, curvy figure, and the most captivating green eyes he had ever seen.  He was intrigued with her and didn't even know who she was.  He snapped out of his perusal of the unknown woman when Olivia spoke.

"That is our friend, Jasmine.  Jasmine Dupree.  She went missing two weeks ago and the police aren't really doing anything to find her,” Olivia explained.  "Mr. Raine, we know something very bad has happened to her.  She wouldn't just disappear without telling one of us where she was going."

"Does she have any family?  Have you contacted them?" he asked.

"No, she has no family.  She was a foster child.  We are her family," Keni said.  "She was with us at the Luxor letting off some steam.  She went out to get some air and never came back."

"We called the police and they searched but they concluded pretty quickly that she had left with a guy.  Mr. Raine, she wouldn't do that, it's not her,
” Olivia had filled in.

Phoenix nodded, he himself had been to the Luxor on many occasion.  It was one of the most popular nightclubs in San Diego.  "The police didn't have any leads for the most part," he concluded and they nodded their heads.  "Okay.  What about her apartment?  Does she have roommates?"

"She lives by herself in Santee in a small apartment.  We have a key," Keni said, pulling out said key and handing it to Phoenix.

"Does she have a boyfriend?  Ex with a grudge?" Phoenix asked.

Olivia answered this time.  "No, none of the above.  No one that would want to hurt her.  She is a good person," she said vehemently.

Phoenix smiled and held up his hands.  "Ladies, I am just trying to get a feel for her.  I am going to have to pry into her life, know everything about her down to what type underwear she likes if Champion takes the case."

Keni put her hand over Olivia's as if to calm her.  "We're sorry, Mr. Raine.  It's just that we have answered these questions over and over for the police.  We are just anxious for someone to understand that Jasmine would not just take off.  Someone has her or something terrible has happened and we are desperate for her to be found."

Phoenix nodded.  "I completely understand that it's difficult for you both.  You are both obviously good friends and worried about her.  I am going to call a contact of mine in the force and get a copy of the investigation."

"Does this mean you will take the case?" Keni asked.

"Wait...we, um, also need to talk about payment," Olivia said unsure, looking over at Keni.

Phoenix knew they were worried about his fees.  He had investigated them before they came in and found they made decent, if not, meager salaries and it would be difficult for them to pay his fees.  Looking at the picture of Jasmine Dupree again, he made a decision.

"Ladies, we here at Champion are able to have some leeway with some cases.  Why don't I see what I can find out and then we can discuss this then.  For now, let's wait," Phoenix said smoothly.

Olivia narrowed her eyes, but Keni answered for them both.  "Thank you so much, Mr. Raine.  Please, find her."

The two women exchanged a look that said Olivia would be holding her comments for now as the need to find Jasmine overrode all else.  He smiled and shook their hands again as he pressed a button on the side table.  It signaled Gladys to come in and escort guests back out to the lobby.  Once she had done that, she informed him that his last meeting of the day had called to cancel due to an emergency.  He took that time to call his contact and get everything faxed over.

As he was packing up when Gabe sauntered in dressed in jeans and a t-shirt with cowboy boots.  Phoenix grinned at him.

"Eager, are we?" Phoenix teased his brother.

"No more than you are," Gabe replied, casually leaning against the wall just inside the office.

"Looks like we caught a case," Phoenix informed him as he handed Gabe the picture of Jasmine Dupree.  He filled him in on what information her friends provided as they headed for the ranch.  He watched the look on his brother's face as he kept looking back at Jasmine's picture, he knew Gabe was thinking the same thing. 
Was she the one
?

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