I apologize for the long delay on this story. Real life has been extremely stressful and chaotic the last few weeks.
My roommates screwed up their financial situation so I was forced to find a new place to live with about six weeks notice.

But things are much better now so I'm slowly getting back to my writing inbetween packing.
I know this is extremely short, but I wanted to get something new up for you guys. More will be coming.

Title:Shattered Soul
Author: Cindy Ryan
Summary: When Emily becomes the hostage how far will Matt go to bring her home?

Cheryl glanced up from her desk as Lia appeared in the doorway Duff close at her heels. Lia was carrying a cardboard tray with three cups of coffee.

"You two aren't on for another six hours."Cheryl chided as she gratefully took one of the steaming cups of coffee from Lia.

"The rumor mill is at full speed that they've found Emily."Duff explained quietly as he stepped into the room.

Lia nodded. "We decided that waiting together was better than waiting alone."

"Last thing I heard from the DC agents was that they were at a location Ellis might have used."Cheryl replied.

"Anybody heard from Matt?"Duff asked worriedly.

"No."Cheryl replied figuring the less people that knew Matt was looking for Emily the better."But I'm not expecting too unless we find her."

The front tire on Matt's side of the Camry hit a pot hole hard as Frank turned into the driveway of the Stratmore property at nearly full speed. Matt winced as his right shoulder slammed into the door before he could brace himself.

"Sorry."Frank apologized as he maneuvered the sedan through the muddy almost over grown driveway.

"And people think my driving's bad."Matt muttered sarcastically despite the direness of the situation.

"You ready for a confrontation?"Frank asked as he pulled the car up behind the Vegas SWAT vehicle and the two other cars.

Matt already had the seatbelt off and his right hand was on the door handle. "I'll go toe to toe with whoever I have too. I'm not leaving here without a solid lead on Em."

Frank nodded as he put the car in park and removed the key. By the time he had done that Matt was already out of the car.

Frank sighed as he got out of the vehicle. He could only pray that they found out something good on Emily here. It was the only thing keeping them going.