It takes me a good five minutes to calm Mr. Amato down before I can explain my plan. “Mr. Amato, trust me, I don’t want Bianca getting hurt.”
After a moment of silence, he finally whispers, “I trust you.” He hums into the phone like he’s thinking. “Where’s Bishop now?”
“He’s still in town. Why?”
“A man named Dean Maddox, from my personal security team, will meet you at your place with a few of his men. They’re already in Greece searching for Bianca. So, they can help you out.”
“Sure thing.” I’ll take all the help I can get. I nod at Knox, and he hops to it, grabbing his phone to call my men to join us as well.
Mr. Amato and I speak for a few more minutes, and he tells me he’s heading to Greece as well. I kind of figured he’d come. He loves his daughter, and once again I apologize for worrying him, but I needed the kidnapping to look real. “I needed Bishop to believe me.”
“Why?” Mr. Amato asks.
He stays quiet as I explain everything to him.
“You could have told me. You could have told me your plan.”
“I know, and once again I’m sorry. I just couldn’t risk anything going wrong.”
Mr. Amato sighs. “I just want my daughter to return safely.”
I nod. “Me too.” We say our goodbyes and I hang up, glancing at Knox. “The men on board?”
He swipes his phone off and shoves it into his back pocket. “Yeah, they’re set whenever you are.”
“Some men are coming to join as well. Now we need to find her.” And kill Bishop once and for all.
“Dean Maddox,” a man with sandy hair and gray eyes says to me, holding his hand out to shake mine. “This is Sebastian Cain. He’s working closely on capturing Bishop with me. This is also my man, Ranger Cole. He’s one of my best specialists.”
I study the men as they enter my home. Ranger and Sebastian are a bit taller than Dean, with dark hair. Where Ranger has many tattoos covering both arms, Sebastian looks more refined, and older than the rest of us.
I shake their hands.
“This is Knox, Henri, and Ivan,” I say, introducing them to my personal team. “I’ve had one of my other men following Bishop since I left him.”
“Perfect,” Sebastian says, running a hand across his stubbled jaw.
I lay a map of the town on my kitchen island, pointing to the center of the city where I met with Bishop not over twenty-four hours ago. I point to the old industrial section of town. “I spoke to my guy following Bishop right before you got here. He’ll call me if Bishop moves.” I tap my finger on the map. “I’m guessing we start the search here.”
“Let’s get going then,” Dean says, already moving toward the front door.
I grab a gun from my safe and follow the men. “Stay here,” I tell Ivan and Henri.
They nod and resume their position. I know I need the manpower, but I can’t risk the chance of leaving my house exposed. Bishop is a sneaky fucker, and I don’t trust him.
We all pile into my black SUV, Knox taking the driver’s seat, and me sitting up front. Ranger, Dean, and Sebastian slide into the back.
My other men follow behind in a black sedan.
Knox flies through the streets, taking each corner faster than the last. I don’t mind one bit. My heart beats uncontrollably in my chest, and I’m nervous as fuck to know if Bishop has harmed Bianca.
I’ll kill him if he has.
A little over thirty minutes later, we pull up to the industrial lot at the edge of town. I feel it deep in my bones Bianca’s here.
We exit the SUV, Dean calling the shots as we go.
“No one enters the building without my go ahead,” he says.
I’m trying to listen to him, but a huge part of me wants to rush inside and save Bianca.
The sun threatens to leave us soon, and I know it’ll be harder to see anything once we lose the light of the sun’s rays.
Dean pulls out his gun, racking the slide to make sure it’s ready to fire. We all follow suit, checking our weapons, knowing things will most likely take a turn for the worst. “I want Bishop dead this time.”
I don’t bother asking what he means about ‘this time,’ and we head toward the front of the building where I spot my man, Charlie, hanging back.
“No one’s left the building since Bishop went in there,” Charlie says.
“Does he have the girl?” Sebastian asks.
Charlie shakes his head. “I didn’t see her, but it doesn’t mean he didn’t have some of his men grab her while Constantine was meeting with him.”
“Yeah, Bishop has to have her inside. There’s no way he doesn’t.”
Dean nods. “Good enough for me. Let’s head inside.” Dean moves toward the entrance and we file behind him, taking it slowly.