Raising a Cowgirl by Jana Leigh Page A

will need everything from here , ” Gage said absently , David froze and looked at his friend . He was still in denial. Damn, this was going to fucking suck . David was sure she was already dead, but until they were faced with it, Gage had
     to hold onto the hope that she was still alive.
    Alex and Slone came into the room and began helping them. They turned the house over to the investigators and began to gather things they needed to take. They worked silently together, but David could feel the tension in the room. This was going to be a sucky ass day.

    LC was leaning over Boyscout as he typed the password they all knew into the desktop in the office. One of the
     investigators was right there, and the Commander had given them all access to help with finding Marie.
    “Checking her em ail and browsing history , ” Boyscout muttered and his hands froze when the background picture came up. It was the team
     just before their last mission, with a very pregnant Marie laughing in the camera
     while they all held her off the ground and posed like idiots.
    “Shit,” Boyscout muttered and then began to type on the computer . He was an amazing hacker, had been since he was a kid.
    LC leaned back as Boyscout’ s hands flew over the keys bringing up different windows and programs until his head
     was about ready to pop off. There had to be something here.
    “ Nothing, no emails, nothing. It looks like her last time signed on she was shopping for Sammi , ” Boyscout said.
    The MP’s radio began to go off, so many people interrupting they couldn’t understand w hat was going on. He held up his hand when Thane went to demand to know what the
     hell was going on.
    The rest of the men yelled f r om the living room and the two men stalked out to where they were standing and waiting.
     “The local law enforcement is reporting they found a body matching Marie ' s general description. She was uh… beaten and tortured , then tossed in an alley , ” Voodoo stated and looked at Master Chief who was barely holding it together. His neck was red from anger.
    “Where is she?” Master Chief gritted out.
    “ Commander is meeting you at th e morgue , ” t he MP said and Master Chief nodded and walked to the door, the rest of them following solemnly as they watch ed the Master Chief storm to the driver ' s side of the car and get in. B efore they were even in the car, he had started it and had it in gear.
    “Someone needs to get this stuff shipped home. When we find Sammi, we need to get her out of here to somewhere safe. Boyscout , call your dads and brothers, tell them to get to the ranch and increase the security
     system. We need to have the whole place wired. Sable and Lou need to stay on the ranch until we get back, no one leaves them unprotected. Voodoo , call Dillon and Slade, let them know until we get back we need some help protecting the ranch , ” h e ordered firmly and they all nodded and began to reach for their phones. “LC , can you call the Commander ' s office, we need some info about what is going on. David , alert the locals we are coming in and need to have patrols until we get there. Slone , arrange transport for when we find Sammi, we need to be ready to go the minute we
     find her.”
    He was in the zone — he h ad to be —a mission needed completed and right now , he could not allow his emotions to take over. This was gonna suck, but Sammi had to be the priority now, if they had tortured Marie, they
     were going to die, he kept his rage in check as they made their way to the city morgue.
    By the time they arrived things were being done. All the guys were on the phone and
     had arranged for everything. The Commander and his staff stood on the sidewalk waiting
     f o r them. When they pulled up all of the guys hung up their phone s and stoically got out of the car and followed the Commander .
    It took a while for them to get things cleared and ready, especially when all of the men insisted on going into the room,