COLTON'S CALL

DANTE'S POV

My phone starts ringing as I discuss our next plan with the other men. It's the same number that called me last time talking about how Adeline sent them. I answer without hesitation.

"That was fast. Good." The voice says and I clench my teeth before talking back to him. This is the same person who was responsible for takin Adeline to erotica. I don't care if he was being blackmailed or if he has found redemption. I still want to kill him.

"I don't have time for games. Say what you have to say." I say as I put my phone on speaker and drop it to the table in front of me.

"Adeline wants you to come for her on auction day and I agree with her. It's the only day that you can get in and out of erotica without dying." Colton says on the other end of the phone.

"What the fuck do you mean auction day?" I ask him as I flare my nostrils in anger.

"They're going to auction some of the girls in a few weeks. Adeline is one of them. if you fail to get her out of erotica on auction day, I can guarantee, you'll never see her again." Colton explains. I feel like all the blood is being drained from my body. All I see is red. All I want to do is go to erotica and burn the place to the ground.

"Then what the fuck are we doing sitting around? Tell us where erotica is and we'll go there right now for fuck's sake." I start yelling at the top of my lungs. Headshot put his arm on my shoulder to calm me bur I just shrug him off angrily as I start pacing around the room.

"You can't come to erotica now. Security is tight now. Very tight. If you go to erotica now, you'll lose her and you'll never see her again. Besides, there's a catch. You don't even know where erotica is found. Now, I can give you the location to erotica and from there, you can find erotica yourself, but you have to do something for me first before I provide you with the location to erotica."

I scoff as I hear the words that come out of his mouth. Of course, there's a catch. A person like him wont just agree to help Adeline if he doesn't have something to gain in it. He's gong to use us to get what he wants and we can't deny because apart from the meeting Adrian has with Veronica soon, Colton our best shot as getting Adeline back.

"You're full of shit." I say in anger. I would have forced the location out of Adrian but according to him, he has never been to erotica before and I don't even know how true that is.

"Take it or leave it man. I'm risking everything by calling you right now. You think I would risk it if this were all some big joke. I like Adeline, okay? She's not a pushover and she has a lot of fight in her. She hasn't gone crazy like most of the other girls at erotica have. She's smart and she gave me hope. She gave me hope that I could escape all this and I trust her. I care about her but I care about my sister more. She said you could help me find my sister and get her to safety. Once you do, I'll leave erotica secretly and give you the location to erotica. Hell, I'll even help you find her myself but I have to know my sister is safe first."

I look at the other guys and they all nod their heads at me in approval. I guess they're choosing to trust Colton too.

"Fine. Tell me where she is." I say with a low harsh voice. "Give me every detail there is to know about her and of course, how well she's guarded." I say. 

"She isn't guarded per say. She's just constantly being watched. You won't be able to know who is watching her and when. I owe Veronica a lot of money and she never fails to remind me how fast she can make my sister's life a living hell if she wants to. All I can give you is her location and you'll have to go for her and fast, and you can only go to her on auction day. That is when everything has to go down."

As he explains to us, I kind of understand where he's getting at. On auction day, all the men and perverts in the world will be at erotica. It'll be a good opportunity to hit a hundred birds with one stone. On auction day, we can send the location to detective Kent too and he can gather his forces and give us a helping hand.

He can help the other girls at erotica get out while Liam, the other men and I will focus on Adeline and Naomi.

"Fine." I say. "I'll find your sister but if you leave us hanging once you get what you want, I promise you, I will find you and kill you. There will be no place in the world where you would be able to hide away from me, you got it?"

"There's no need for threats Dante. If my sister comes out of this safe, I'll do everything to get Adeline and all the other girls I have brough to erotica to safety. If my sister is safe, I will do everything to rectify my mistakes. All this, I'm doing it for my sister. I don't even care about my own life as long as I know she is safe. If you get her away from Veronica's grasp, I'll owe Adeline my life. I would do anything for her."

The way he talks about Adeline makes me think that his feelings run deeper than regret but I don't want to accentuate my thoughts on that. Adeline isn't a hard person to love. I won't be surprised to find out that she has gotten to Colton as well.

"Cool then. I have to cut the call short now. I'll send you the details to my sister's location and on the day before auction day, I'll get back to you and once you give me the signal to leave this hell hole. I'll come to you and tell you everything you need to know about erotica." Colton says and hangs up once he's done talking.

As soon as he hangs up, the atmosphere in the room is tense and all the guys look at each other with contemplative eyes.

"I guess it's time to double our efforts. This will all be over soon." Shadow says. Liam leans against the wall and then raises his head as he locks eyes with me.

"Did you hear what he said, Dante? Adeline is going to be auctioned off." Liam says with a frustrated voice.

"Get a hold of yourself Liam." I say before he falls into depression. Now is not the time to be sad and to let worlds control us.

"What if we don't get there on time? What if something goes wrong? What if we're not able to get her out? What fi they auction her out of there before we even get there Dante?"

I walk over to him and grab his shoulders, shaking him back to reality with a scowl on my face. "None of that is going to happen if we organize ourselves proposedly. That's all we have to do. Come up with a good plan and everything will work out just the way it's supposed to. Okay?"

Liam nods and gulps as he looks up at me.

Just as I am about to say something else, the motion sensor at my gate alerts me that someone unidentified is trying to break in. Immediately, I turn ion my screen and I widen my eyes at the person that comes up.

"Is that…" Liam starts saying.

"Detective Kent." I say angrily. "What the fuck is he doing here?"