Thanks as ever for your reviews, they did make me write faster but as it's the holidays we've been out and about quite a lot so I've not been able to sanity check this chapter as quickly as I would have liked.
This chapter contains references to BDSM - don't read if you don't like the idea. But as I said, only refences, nothing explicit.
Anyway, here we go again...
Sitting down at the quiet table on the small veranda of their favourite Mexican restaurant, Nayeli looked out over the myriad colours of the sunset as it reflected off the sea. She sighed deeply as she gazed at the pinks, oranges and golds that streaked across the sky. Gifts from a departing sun as it promised another beautiful day tomorrow.
Could tonight be any more perfect? She thought as she twined her fingers in those of her husband's then glanced at the menu.
"You seem very happy" Leo said, raising an eyebrow and smiling seductively as he pulled her fingers to his lips and kissed each tip.
"I am." She replied. "I've known you for twelve years, been married to you for a month and have the perfect gift to give you to celebrate with."
"Tell me more, Querida", he purred, clearly intrigued as he sucked a finger into his mouth, causing her to groan slightly and squirm in her seat.
"What's six foot tall, with hair just like yours and was spotted earlier today at Larios' where he was laughing and having an intimate lunch with a woman he calls 'Babe'?" she asked as she ran her eyes idly down the menu, pretending to be interested.
"I would say my twin, but he's not into laughing or relationships and lives in Trenton so... I don't know. Tell me." A look of curiousity and playfulness dancing behind his eyes. She was up to something. He liked it when she was plotting.
"Well as it happens, you're wrong. It would appear your twin does indeed have a girlfriend, a sense of humour and is here in Miami." She said as she leaned back, pulling her hand from his and giving him a smug look.
"Well, well, well!" Leo said with a calcuating smile. "Would you, by any chance, be linking my gift to this information? Knowing you, you've been hatching a plan and I'm intrigued as to what it might be." He said, his pants tightening in anticipation of whatever she'd been plotting.
"Well now..." she said with an innocent look on her face "I had planned to give you Selena to play with I know how much you enjoy her, but I think I may have a new fresh toy for you. You do like brown curly hair, don't you?" she added, still looking innocently at him.
He growled softly before adding "You'll be the death of me, woman!"
Smiling sweetly, Nayeli leaned forward and dropped her voice just in case someone was listening "I don't know how long they're here for so I think we need to pick her up sooner rather than later, don't you? Perhaps we could get the boys to get her this evening and while we're waiting perhaps we could warm up your aim." She added as she ran her shoe up and down the front of his now straining pants.
Leo gulped then opened his phone "Perhaps Baron wasn't at Carlo's house because we tripped the alarm after all." He said pointedly then made a quick call to one of his men. "If they find them they'll pick her up tonight. She can go out first thing with the rest of the shipment." He said as he closed down the call. "Now let's take a look at this menu, I think we may both need the energy later."
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Ranger lay on his side, gazing at the woman next to him and couldn't believe how lucky he was.
The moon shone through the sheer fabric covering the window and bathed her in light, making her glow . "My angel" he said softly then placed a kiss on her forehead. They'd had a wonderful time together but Trenton was calling and they needed to consider going home. He wanted her to move in with him, there was no way he would sleep in his apartment ever again without her. Not now they'd confessed their feelings.
He sighed as a smile crept over his face. He knew he would have to ask he nicely, throw in a few 'pleases' and tempt her with Ella's cook...
A familiar, but unexpected smell, invaded his nose, stripping his mind of the plans he'd been making as he tried to identify what it was. His last conscious thought was "chloroform!" as his body succumbed to its effects.
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The meal had been a pleasant an intimate one, the sunset sublime. But there was a need that craved to be satisfied which had escalated the event to a different level. Leo paid the bill quickly and had his wife home in less than half the time it should have taken, parking quickly in the underground lot.
Stepping out from the car, Leo walked round to Nayeli's side and opened the door. She was waiting expectantly with her hands in her lap and her head bowed.
"Excellent, Pet." Leo said as he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a leather choker. "Kiss it." He commanded.
She leant forward and reverently kissed the thick but supple hide.
"Out" he commanded softly, stepping back slightly to give her room.
Once she was out he removed the white gold necklace she had been wearing and wrapped it round her offered up wrists. Stepping round the back of her he whispered "Mine" as he licked then kissed the nape of her neck before wrapping the collar round and buckling it close over her now wet skin. "Playroom. Now" he commanded softly as he locked the car up and followed her rapidly disappearing form.
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Steph woke up slowly and blinked, her head full of dull throbbing pain. Moving slightly it was clear she was no longer wrapped in Ranger's arms, nor between his sinfully silky sheets. A thin fleecy blanket was her only cover and that was tightly wrapped round her like a sleeping bag.
She sat up quickly and immediately regretted it as her head began to spin and her stomach protested at the sudden movement. She lay back down and tried to take in her surroundings in the sullen moonlight that trickled in past the edges of the small blinds at the tops of the walls. She could see no pullcords so figured she was stuck in the almost dark for a while longer anyhow.
"Ranger?" she whispered out softly, hoping that it was all a bad dream.
An eerie silence was her only reply.
Trying not to panic she sat up again, more slowly this time to allow her body to get used to the motion. Once she felt sure she could stand she unwrapped herself, slipped down off the bed she was on and started to investigate the room. She soon found the light switch but decided against turning it on in case it alerted anyone to her awakened state.
The room was a good size and pretty much square and in the half light she could make out one whole wall of doors. The other three walls were unadorned and the floor was concrete. Opening one of the doors she found a rack which appeared to be covered in horse riding equipment. Puzzled, she moved to the next one which showed a chest full of shallow drawers. Opening the first one she came to she tentatively started to feel around for the items within. She gasped as her hand closed round a long, rubber phallic shaped object, realising that it bore a remarkable resemblance to the Herbie Horsecock Lula had bought her. Quickly shutting the drawer she opened another and found soft fabrics. Further confused, she opened another and let out a sob. Stepping back she crashed to the floor, the handcuffs she'd found within still clutched tightly in her hand.
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Ranger groaned mentally as he slowly came to, his mouth felt like the inside of a bird cage and his head was pounding, the smell of chloroform long since gone, even if its effects weren't. He opened his eyes slightly and discovered that he was naked and sitting slumped in a corner of a wooden shack with his wrists cuffed behind his back. Luckily his legs were free.
Whoever had tied him up was a stupid fucker he decided as he scanned the room from under his hair to take in his surroundings. Seeing a man on the opposite side of the room, leaning against a small wooden table on the phone deep in conversation he released himself and remained still, keeping his breathing soft and even as if still out for the count.
He concentrated on what the man was saying.
"Yeah. She's in the playroom at the warehouse." said a Hispanic sounding voice.
"..."
"Yeah, Episilon, where the latest batch are waiting for export. She's in room 109."
"..."
You're welcome. Give her one for me. She's sure got a great ass and nice tits." He chuckled out, maliciously.
He turned briefly to look at Ranger then dismissed him as he settled further back on the table edge, leaning back slightly as he crossed his ankles. "Yeah, he's here, should be waking up soon. He's gonna feel like shit after the extra we gave him."
"..."
In response to whatever the other person had just said he hauled himself up, walked over and casually prodded Ranger with the toe of his black leather boot. Ranger groaned softly and flexed as if starting to come round. The man walked away "I was right, he'll be up for a bit of fun shortly. Ramon and his boys like a nice bit of ass and they'll probably feed him to the pigs when they've had their fill."
Ranger heard the sounds of a heavy vehicle approaching in the distance on a stony or gravel driveway. Ranger calcuated he had maybe two minutes tops before they arrived.
"Sounds like they're here. Gotta go." He added as a parting comment as he flipped his cell shut. He then started to move off towards the door at a leisurely pace, but was stopped by a blow to the back of his head that dropped him like a stone.
Picking up the phone and his captor's gun, Ranger quickly secured the man to a radiator then disappeared outside, his goal to round up 'Ramon and his boys', put some pants on then go save his girl.
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"Yo" Tank said sleepily.
"That's my line."
"Yeah, well as I'm technically you at the moment I can use whatever words I like." Tank huffed out, turning over in his bed to look at his alarm clock. 0330 hours it happily reported. He grimaced, whatever Ranger was calling him about was not good. How's Bomber?" he asked warily.
"Gone." Ranger replied stonily.
"Gone!" Tank spat out as he sat bolt upright "What the fuck did you do this time? No, don't tell me, you told her you..."
"Shut the fuck up, man!" Ranger hissed back "She's been kidnapped by my wonderful brother."
Tank stared at his phone in disbelief. "Tell me you're kidding, right?" he grunted out, running his hand over his face.
"I wish! He's got her stashed in one of his playrooms, somewhere on Epsilon. I Know it's miles long, but pull up anything you can find on him, I want to know what properties he has any ties to. Get Baron to start digging on the streets. Someone knows where he's hidden her. Fuck! She may not be quite as vulnerable as Rachel was but he likes to break what's mine! He's a kinky bastard, and I have a distinct feeling that he won't be giving her any safewords to use..."
"Calm down, Carlos. We'll find her, ok? Where are you?"
"Not sure, get whoever's on monitors to triangulate this call. I'll leave this cell open. I just need to find some pants..."
"Sorry?"
"Don't ask. I'll explain later. Get the PD down to wherever I am right now. There's a whole bunch of people waiting to meet with them. I'll stay here till they arrive, but I need to find her Tank. She's my life, you know?"
"Sure thing. Sit tight. Baron will be with you asap."
Dawn was just breaking and as Ranger stood watching the first tentative signs of a new day creep across the horizon he ran his fingers through his hair "Where are you, Babe?" he whispered sadly.
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Nayeli stretched and groaned as her stiffening limbs protested.
"Looking good, Pet. Guess you're gonna be sore for a while." Leo said as he gently removed her collar and started to apply lotion to the red marks on her buttocks before moving to address the ones at the tops of her thighs.
"So worth it though. Thank you, Master." She purred as she relaxed into his ministrations.
"Playtime's over, it's just you and me now, okay?"
"Hmmm, OK Lover..." came the satisfied reply.
Leo smirked at a job well done and moved away from the bed to put the necklace away just as his phone rang, so he moved to the nightstand to answer it.
Moments later he returned to her side and squatted down. "Gotta go, looks like my present has arrived." He said, smiling.
"Have fun." She purred out as she relaxed further into the bed. "Show her how good you are with the crop, for me?" she added as she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
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The door opened slightly and the silhouette of a man slid in, closing the door quietly behind him.
"Babe? You in here?" he whispered softly.
He heard her moan out 'yes' and he grinned evilly as he slipped over in the direction of the sound, his pants tightening as he heard the distress in her voice.
"It's me. You ok?" he asked, pretending to sound worried, as he slipped down to her side and began running his hands through her hair. She seemed to relax so he started to pull her up.
"Ranger?"
"Yeah, let me check you over properly then we'll get you outta here, ok?" he whispered ever so softly in her ear so that she wouldn't tell the difference in his voice from his brother's.
Her breath hitched as he steered her over to a padded bench against one of the walls.
Pushing her back gently so that she was perched on the couch, he positioned his legs outside of hers then removed the handcuffs from her grip. "Thank God you're ok" he whispered as he leaned in to kiss her to distract her as he began to encircle one of her wrists with the metal bracelet he now held. Before he could snap it shut he let out a strangled grunt and dropped to the floor, cupping his now mangled groin and rocking back on forth.
"You may look like Carlos, but I can assure you you've got nothing on him, you bastard." Steph spat out as she crouched down and secured one of his ankles to a hook in the wall before he had time to react.
Once he was trapped she walked over to door frame and ran her hands along it looking for the light switch she knew was there and flicked it on. Immediately room was bathed in a subdued gray light and she looked round to check out her surroundings.
She'd been right, she thought grimly.
She was in a dungeon-like space with pulleys and chains hanging from the ceiling. The floor was scrupulously clean as if recently polished and she grimaced at the idea of what might have been there not too long ago. Her focus shifted back to the man lying on the floor, still a little dazed from having his gonads shoved up into his throat.
She wandered over to one of the cupboards and selected an item from it.
"Now, I think I'm a little underdressed and you've got plenty of clothes to spare" she said as she rounded on him, a nasty looking whip in hand. "Take off your shirt, now!" she commanded as she ran the leather and metal ends through her fingers.
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Ranger slumped in his seat from his vantage point three buildings down as he looked over the parking lot of 'Dondo's LLC: Meat Packing and Distribution'. It's simply stated name was clearly a double entendre, making him wonder why they'd never picked up on it before and left him grimly wondering to himself whether the 'meat' in question had suffered the same fate as Leo had in store for Steph before being distributed to God-knows where.
He could sense her presence, not quite the spine tingles she normally gave him, granted, but the connection he'd denied for so long was pulling him towards her like a moth to a flame. However, according to his captor's comments moments before he'd decked him, she was not alone and perhaps as a bonus they'd even get to the bottom of the sex slave ring Leo was alleged to have going on.
Maybe they'd be able to file the fucker away for a very long time...
Gathering his thoughts he waited, time slowing down as his heart sped up with the thrill of the chase. Where the hell was Baron he wondered, his calm exterior masking the rage that threatened to overwhelm him at any moment.
"I'm coming, Babe." He whispered as he raised his eyes to God and prayed like never before that she was safe.
Moments later Baron pulled up behind him, four other Rangeman vehicles hot on his heels. He climbed out of his explorer and Lester, who'd been riding shotgun, exited right behind him as he crept over to Ranger who was now leaning against his car.
Ranger gave Lester a puzzled look as he got closer.
"Caught a chopper down, didn't think I'd miss this did you?" came the explanation before Lester turned to checking his equipment. He too owed his half brother a punch or two.
Once all the men were assembled and the plan discussed they headed for the warehouse. At a speed only made possible by their training, eleven men were suddenly set up strategically round the perimeter of the building.
Waiting for Ranger's signal.
At his nod and they went in.
A startled alarm was raised as the first guard fell then all hell broke loose as the special ops trained men began doing what they were good at.
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Steph's head turned towards the door as she heard the gun fire. The niggling feeling of hope now giving way to the usual reaction her body gave when Carlos was near.
She grinned down at Leo as he pulled angrily at the cuff that tied him to the wall. She could tell he wasn't happy at the situation and grinned at him. "Not too happy with being restrained, I see? Does it scare you that you can't escape?" She taunted. "I wonder how many other poor souls you've beaten between these walls. On second thoughts, I'd rather not know." She added, disgust dripping from her voice. "Maybe some people get off on this sort of thing, but I reckon you're just a great big bully who likes to beat up defenceless women for his own pleasure. What the hell happened to you to make you so evil?" she added as she squatted down to his level, but just outside his kicking distance. The tails of his shirt hiding her body from his view.
"Fucking bitch, I'll get you for this" was her only reply.
"You don't get it do you?" she added in a goading voice. "You figured that as long as you looked the same as Carlos I'd be drawn into whatever sick plan you had in mind. Thing is, you forgot one slight detail."
He looked quizzically at her through sullen eyes. Apart from their noses, which were slightly different shapes, and their voices – Ranger's was deeper, they were practically identical so he couldn't work out how she'd been able to tell them apart in the dark.
Steph rubbed the back of her neck "Ah, here comes my hero now." She said as she stood up and moved back so that Ranger would be able to see his brother immediately he entered the room.
Hearing the door open she looked at Ranger pointedly "It's all in the tingles."
"Proud of you Babe." Came Ranger's husky reply as she launched herself into his arms.
Just the epilogue to go now guys. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter - let me know what you think... Please? :-)