Eli lied down on the couch watching TV in their hotel suite, when Red and Dembe came in. She sat up smiling, "Welcome home."

Dembe smiled back to her, while Red leaned to kiss her softly and sat next to her embracing her shoulders with his arm, "Hello, sweetheart. How was your day?"

Dembe left to his room, she replied, "Boring. Where's Elizabeth?"

He bent his head for a moment, "She's gone to meet Tom."

She examined his face, then looked back at the TV avoiding his eyes, "And this makes you mad."

He furrowed his brows, "I told her that was a wrong idea, but she said he's got important information that would help us exonerate her."

She moved her fingers through her hair, "You're jealous?"

He chuckled and got up heading to his room, "Don't start."

She followed him, "Well. At least you will get your meeting with the Foreign Minister of Venezuela after you've given him Zal bin Hassan."

He bit inside his lip as he started taking off his suit. So she touched his shoulders lightly pressing her body against his back, "Are you okay, Red?"

He turned to take her between his arms, "I just had an insane day, my dear. Chasing Zal bin Hassan, him turning out to be Shahin Navabi. Liz, and Tom coming back into her life again. And finally Cooper has Karakurt."

She touched his cheek gently, "At least , these are good news after all."

He smiled and pressed a soft kiss to her lips, "You're right. Now, would you please call Lizzie and help me take a hot shower?"

She laughed and kissed his cheek, "With pleasure, sir. I'll join you in a minute."

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Eli sat in the back seat of the Jeep listening to Red's phone call with Dembe. He hung up, so Liz asked him, "Did he get the package yet?"

Red shook his head as he entered a gas station, "He will in minutes. And he's going to join us in less than an hour."

Liz sighed as he stopped the car so he nodded, "Lizzy, we're very close. This will all over soon."

She tried to smile, "Well, I guess I'll go freshen up till you fill the gas."

He chuckled, "Okay. Dear Eloise, you're going with our Lizzy, or staying with me?"

She replied as she opened her door, "Neither. I'm getting us something to eat. I'm starving."

He laughed and got out of the car watching them getting into the market.

Few minutes, later Eli got out with the paper bag in her hand, to see Liz standing outside shocked. She approached and wondered, "Where's Reddington?"

Liz looked at her with widened eyes, "I don't know. I just got out and he was gone."

Eli looked at her terrified, "What do you mean gone? He can't just go and leave us here alone."

She wandered the place with her eyes, "He would never leave us."

Liz looked at her confused, then rushed back to the market. Eli moved around the station to see if he was parking somewhere else, but there was nothing. She went to back to meet Liz getting out and dialing his number. She watched her with a racing heart, before Liz hangs up and looks at her disappointed, "Nothing. He's not answering."

Eli voice started to break, "Something has happened to him. I feel it. He's in danger. We need to call Dembe."

She held her phone with shaking hands and dialed his number. Once she heard him she asked, "Dembe, did Red call you?"

The blood escaped her face and she felt the ground is moving beneath her, so Liz held her with firm arm and talked to Dembe for seconds then hung up.

Liz held Eli's shoulders firmly, "Eloise, listen to me. We're going to find him, okay? Please, don't panic. I'll call Samar and see if she can trace his phone number."

Eli stares at her, "No, they will know his place too. We need to get him back not deliver him to the FBI."

Liz nodded, "I'll take care of that."

Few minutes later, the two girls were getting down of a van into a salvage yard. They thanked the driver for the ride and wandered inside the yard till they found their Jeep.

They moved fast to her and looked through the still open window. Eli gasped when she saw the blood on the driver's seat. Liz held her arm, "We don't know it's his blood."

She saw his phone, so she took it checking its call register, but found nothing except her number and Dembe's.

Eli looked around, before she sits down to the ground burying her face into her hands feeling lost.

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Eli rushed into Ian's bookstore and she immediately saw Dembe standing by a bookshelf with a book in his hand. She ran to him and he opened his arms to hug her kindly whispering, "What happened?"

She raised her panicked eyes to him , "Raymond, he's been taken. We met a guy in the salvage yard. He told us a guy called Jasper brought him our car. Liz went after him. She told me to stay away and come to you."

She was panting, so he patted her back, "A good decision. The package will be here soon. We can take it and return to find him. Everything is going to be okay."

She nodded with terrified eyes and praying heart.

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An hour later Liz stopped a car in front of the bookstore. Dembe and Eli joined her in the car immediately. Dembe asked her as he jumped into the passenger seat, "Anything about Raymond?"

Liz nodded, "The guys took him contacted me. They know who we are. They need two millions to release him."

Dembe stared at her, "Lizzy, what are you thinking of?"

Liz pointed to the case he's holding, "We'll give them the money and get him back."

Dembe shook his head, "Raymond won't like that. You know we'll use these money to clear your name."

She twisted her mouth, "You have another plan?"

Few minutes later, they reached their destination to find two guys waiting among the trees. Dembe said as he got out of the car, "Eloise, stay in the car."

She did as he said and watched them from the backseat, before she hears the sirens of police cars. She got out fast when she saw them approaching and FBI men getting down from the cars. She saw a gun directed to Liz and Dembe hitting the gun yelling at her and Liz to run away. She didn't hesitate anymore and ran as fast as she could in a different direction than that Liz used. She saw Ressler running after Liz, before the trees hide the scene from her eyes.

She kept running for minutes between the trees, til the sirens sounds faded away. She stopped and rested her back to a tree panting, before she startles panicked. She felt the vibrations in her pocket, so she took the cell phone. She answered fast with her breaths still breaking, "Red? Where are you?"

She listened to him then replied, "They got her, Raymond. Ressler got her. They got Dembe and the money too."

She tried to regulate her breathing as she listened to him then said, "Yeah, I've seen it. I think it's not far from me. I can reach it in minutes. Be careful, please."

She hung up with him then looked around her, before heading to the main road to meet Red.

Few minutes later, she saw a car approaching her, so she stopped hesitated before she recognized Red behind the wheel.

He stopped in front of her and opened the door, so she got in and crashed herself into his chest crying.

He embraced her thin body with his strong arms, pulling her tightly to his chest and rubbing her back gently, "It's okay, my dear. I got you."

She pulled back to check the wound in his head, "Oh, my God. Are you hurt?"

He swap his hand over her hair, "I'm fine, Eloise. We need to go now and find out what we're going to do to rescue our friends. We need to call Ressler."

She gazed at him with extreme worry and sat back in her seat.

She closed her eyes and listened as he called Ressler, Aram then Navabi. She looked at him amazed, "Why do you want to meet Navabi?"

He bit inside his mouth, "Relax, my dear. We need her help to get our package back. In the meantime, we'll need to see our friend, Rafael to arrange our meeting with his Foreign Minister."

She had a deep breath, "I hope your plan works. We're risking everything."

He held her hand and squeezed it, "Everything will be okay, Eli."

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Eli opened her eyes after midnight by a couple of hours, to find Red Lying next to her on his back with his eyes staring at the ceiling.

She touched his bare arm lightly whispering, "You haven't slept yet?"

He sighed and looked at her, "I couldn't."

She turned to her side, facing him and rested her palm over his chest, "You will save her, Raymond. Ressler is with her now. Our plan to get the director is simple and will work."

He didn't answer, so she sighed, "Unless Aram couldn't do his part."

He held her hand over his chest, "Aram is clever. He saved her life today. He will do it. I'm sure of it."

She asked, "Then why are you worried?"

He smiled and turned his face to her, "You know? If you were my daughter, I'd like you to marry someone like Aram."

She furrowed, "Well, I'm glad I'm not your daughter, because I'm not marrying anyone but you."

He ceased breathing and she felt the tension of his hand holding hers , so she sighed, "Relax, Reddington. I'm not asking you to marry me."

He licked his lower lip, then he said as if he didn't hear what she said, "Tomorrow, you will stay here, till you get different orders."

Her jaw dropped for a moment then she whispered, "Why? The whole team is joining you to get the Director. Even Samar, Aram and Cooper will. And you want me to stay here?"

He turned to his side and put his arm around her, "You don't have a role in tomorrow's plan, Eloise. Taking you with me might put you in danger. I trust Aram. But things my turn into an unpleasant direction for any unexpected circumstances. I want you to stay away."

Her eyes glowed with tears, "You insist on keeping me away."

He shook his head and wiped her tears kindly, "I insist on keeping you safe."

She looked at him blaming, so he smiled, "I'll be with you by the end of the day. But you can't escort me in such mission, my love."

She nodded and buried her face into his neck sighing. He pulled her body to his chest tightly, "Go back to sleep, sweetheart. Everything will be okay. I promise."

She raised her head to him, "You need to have some sleep too. Tomorrow will be a rough day."

He rubbed her back, "I won't be able to close my eyes, until I save my girl and clear her name."

She scanned her face, "Sometimes, you act like she was really your daughter."

He sighed and patted her back, "Good night, my love."

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Eloise spent the whole day watching the news in their safe house and pacing the hall. She had a call from Kate to tell her Red got the Director.

Few minutes later, she saw Ressler holding Karakurt on the TV screen during the live transmission of Lizzy's trial.

She started to feel relieved and tried to call Red, but he was unavailable. She could guess he mostly wold be on the plane of the Foreign Minister of Venezuela with the Director now.

She tried to keep herself busy reading or watching news, till it got dark. She decided to try calling him again. She smiled when she heard Dembe's voice, so she asked, "Dembe, how are you guys doing?"

She heard his calm voice, "We're fine, Eloise. We're bringing Elizabeth and will be with you soon."

She smiled, "Okay. I'm waiting for you."

She got into her room and have a scented shower. She found a mauve dress in her cupboard, so she wore it and stood in front of the hairdresser watching herself. She dried her hair and let it flow on her shoulders and upper back.

She heard the front door opening, so she got out to see Red, Liz and Dembe getting in laughing.

She stood at her room door smiling at them. Red took off his fedora and gazed her admiring, so her face blushed as she said, "Lizzy, congratulations."

Liz smiled back to her, "Thank you, Eloise. Thank you all."

Eli nodded and approached them as she held Red's hand, "I made you some macaroni and steak for dinner."

Liz nodded, "This is so sweet of you. I'm hungry."

Dembe moved to the kitchen, "I'm starving. I'm so happy too, and this can make me eat a whole lamb."

They laughed, then Red pulled Eli to their room, "You guys can eat my share. I just need to sleep deeply."

They smiled and Eli rubbed his back as she winked to them, "I guess he wants me to take care of that too."

She followed him to the room and closed the door. He sighed and sat on the edge of the bed staring at her. She stood in front of him smiling, so he shook his head, "You're pretty."

She blushed and moved to sit next to him. She held his hand and looked at him, "You did a great job, Raymond. I wasn't sure we were going to make it."

He nodded and tucked a hair tress behind her ear, "Do I deserve a reward?"

She leaned to brush her nose against his, "Of course you do."

He raised an eyebrow wondering, so she got up, "Take off your clothes and lay in the bed. All your clothes."

Red looked at her amazed, so she got up and stood in front of him crossing her arms in front of her chest, "What are you waiting for?"

He smiled and got up slowly to get rid of his three pieces suit, the tie and the white shirt. He stopped for a moment so she said, "All of it."

He glanced at her, so she approached and whispered to his ear, "I want you naked."

He took off his undershirt slowly then his shorts to stand in front of her totally naked. She licked her lips in lust, "Now, lie down on your back."

Red did as she said and watched her getting on the bed with him. She smiled at his expecting face and gazed his already aroused length throbbing against his lower abdomen.

She raised an eyebrow, "You're already ready for me, sweetheart."

He nodded, "Are you?"

She shrugged, "We'll see."

She lowered her body to his, to press a deep kiss on his demanding lips. The feel of her dress touching his chest made him shiver. He held her lips with his teeth desperately, sucking her lower lip. She parted her mouth so his tongue invaded it fast. He licked her nectar and moved his hands over her back up and down till his hands reached the rim of her dress. He pulled it up continuing devouring her mouth and put his hand inside her panties to catch her cheek tightly.

She groaned protesting and pulled her face back taking her breath. He looked at her eyes confused, so she smiled, "We're playing my roles."

He smiled as she moved his hand away from her and moved down the bed to reach his waist line.

She lowered her face to his chest not breaking eye contact with his lusty eyes, till she reached his erected nibble. She licked it with her tongue and he moaned in pleasure. She kept teething and teasing him till her hand traveled south to his erection. He gasped when she cupped his balls squeezing them, and thrust his hips reflexively upwards. She smiled enjoying it and moved to kneel between his legs. She looked at his flushed face and his panting, then started to take care of the throbbing between his legs. She closed her eyes amused and licked him once from base to its velvety top. His body shivered again and he whispered her name. She moved her lips softly over the inside of his thighs and washed them with gentle kisses and bites. He groaned with the torture she was doing to him, but she ignored him. He bent his knees and started to buckle his pelvis upwards demanding her hot mouth to deal with the heat between his thighs. She heard him moaning, "Eli, what are you doing to me?"

She raised her head to him, "Just enjoy, Ray."

He had a deep breath then completely ceased breathing when he felt her hand capturing his length and driving it into her mouth. She swapped the now leaking pre-cum with her tongue enjoying his taste. She moaned in pleasure and licked her teeth. He felt the clenching in his lower abdomen and watched her licking and sucking him very slowly. He closed his eyes enjoying her hot lips around him. She smiled proud of herself and how she can make the Concierge of Crime so aroused and pleased. She moved her lips faster around him as she felt him getting harder and heard his moans. She knew he was close when he moved his hands to grab her hair and thrust inside her mouth strongly. She heard his husky words, "Eli, I'm almost there,... Eli,... I'm... God. This is..."

He couldn't continue his words as he come strongly in her mouth shocking her with his flush inside her mouth. She pulled away fast swallowing his juice and licking the drops from her lips keeping her hand on his cock milking him to the last drop.

He sighed and rested his legs back on the bed scanning her thin flushed body between his leg.

He waited till he regulated his breath then said with low voice, "That was the greatest reward."

She looked at his still hard cock then smiled at him, "Well, we're not done yet."

He narrowed his eyes and held his breath, when he felt her laying her soft body over his strong body slowly. He embraced her and rubbed her back slowly, "May I?"

She smiled and buried her face into his neck kissing and biting, then moved her lips to his earlobe sucking it. What she was doing and the feel of her soft flesh pressed against him fired him on again. He didn't know she was burning inside out herself. The feel of his chest hair bushing against her breasts, his hardness pressing between her thighs. This made her can't tolerate the tension inside her core anymore. She sat up kneeling over his thighs. He smiled as he saw her blue eyes darkened. She held his hard-rock shaft and positioned it to her opening locking her eyes to his. She sat down slowly over his shaft, closing her eyes and holding her breath, as she felt him diving inside her and stretching her shaking muscles, as he got further inside her. She stilled for a second to adapt to his size. She opened her eyes smiling at him. She started rocking herself over him slowly making him press against her clit as he moved in and out with each movement. He looked at her pretty body moving slowly over him and moved his hands to rub and squeeze her thighs as she moved. He breathed in deeply, feeling her hot slick muscles sheathing him intimately. She felt different this time. She even looked different. She never acted dominantly like this. Never rode him like this. He always had the upper hand. And for the first time he loved being controlled.

His hand sneaked between her thighs to reach her sensitive nerve bud. She moaned in pleasure when he scratched it slowly with his nail driving her insane. She panted and increased her pace leaning backwards to let his velvet head stroke her rough spot.

She started to gasp with each stroke and her body began to shake with pleasure. He knew she was close, so he sat up and held her pelvis steadily, moving it up and down fast and forcibly. She was now writhing in his hands after she totally lost control over her muscles. She grabbed his shoulder with her hand tightly that her nails cut his already scarred skin. He increased the pace and force of his movement and she whined shuddering around him. He felt her orgasm squeezing him tightly and milking him insanely. He thrust inside her one more time snoring like an animal as the dam fell and he exploded again inside her, covering her quivering walls with his seeds and joining her in her orgasm. He thrust inside her few more times slowly and weakly to drain himself to the last drop of his cum, till they calmed together and he got her into his chest, bringing her down to lay down on the bed.