Free Nico's Heart (RARE Book 1) by Dawn Sullivan Page A

Beta, then she would trust him, too.   Because even though she was not ever going to act on it, she knew that Chase was her mate.  And above all, a mate protected what was his.
    Silently she closed her eyes and concentrated on the fiery red haired woman that she had seen in the vision before.  Flame was sitting in a corner on the floor, hugging her legs up to her chest.  As Angel connected with her, she felt the dark pain ripping through Flame’s stomach.  She was losing the baby.  It was happening fast and it was very painful.  But Flame was not saying a word. 

Chapter 26
     
    Flame panted softly, her head bowed on her knees, with her hands clenched tightly together.  She knew there was nothing that could be done to help her baby, he was already gone.  And she was afraid to bring attention to herself.
    The guards were in a rowdy mood tonight.  The last time they were like this, she had watched helplessly as they had raped the woman in the room next to her.  The woman had screamed and cried as they took turns with her.  But there was nothing Flame could do to help.  She had tried.  The guards had brought her into the same room and made her watch.  They had tied her to a chair, her arms tied behind her back and her legs tied to the legs of the chair.  Flame had fought and fought to get free and get to the other woman, but no matter how hard she had tried, she couldn’t.  She had yelled at them, had threatened them, but they had just laughed.  They had told her that her time was coming and they wanted her to see how good she was going to get it. 
    The woman had cried for her baby.  Had held her stomach and begged them not to hurt her baby.  But they had just laughed at her, too. They told her that you could not hurt a baby from having sex.  By the time they were done with the woman, she was pretty much comatose.  She just laid there.  They did not even bother to clean her up.  Flame hadn’t heard her utter a word since then, except for singing to her baby.  She could feel how much pain the other woman was in, how terrified she was, but there wasn’t a damn thing she could do to help her.
    Right now Flame kept quiet and suffered in silence.  She knew she was losing the baby.  She knew he was already dead.  And if she called out to the guards for help, she was afraid that they would come in and use her like they had the other woman.  Afraid they would see that there was no way she could protect herself from them now.  They were all such twisted fucks.  You never knew what they were thinking.  It would not matter to them that she was in the middle of losing a child, they would just wait until it was done and then take their turns with her while she was helpless.  It was not like there was a doctor there anyway, only the scientists.  And she didn’t want any of them anywhere near her, either.
    Flame froze when she felt another’s presence in her mind.  Who are you? she whispered.  She had felt that same presence touch her mind a few hours ago.  It had just touched briefly, but Flame recognized it.  It was the woman she had seen when she was yelling at the guards earlier.  She had prayed that the woman had listened to her.  That she would help her somehow.
    We are coming for you, Flame , the woman whispered in her mind.  We are here. We are in Tijuana, in the market place.  I don’t know what building you are in, though.
    Tears flowed down Flames cheeks as she listened to the voice.  She had prayed and prayed for months that someone would come after her.  She had begun to lose hope. The guards hadn’t broken her spirit yet, but they had come damn close. 
    She had thought she had left the worst of it behind when the General had moved her to this location.  Away from Gideon after he had finally been able to get her pregnant.  But she was wrong.  At least with Gideon he was the only one raping her.  Here, if the guards go a hold of her, it would be several of them at once.
    She