Free Amethyst Flame (The Flame Series Book 2) by Caris Roane Page B

something I forgot to tell you.”
    “What?”
    She held his gaze firmly, then smiled. “The storage unit facility belongs to Loghry.”
    He smiled as well. “So there it is.”
    “Yep, there it is.”
    “Then, let’s do it.”

CHAPTER FOUR
    While Emma armed up, Vaughn stood on the patio outside the master bedroom and used his cell to contact Officer Eric Fergus of the Savage Territory Border Patrol. Fergus was the alpha of one of the most powerful packs in Savage. Among wolf leadership, he held a lot of sway.
    Vaughn had barely gotten two words out when Fergus said he was in. He’d do whatever Vaughn needed him to do to rescue the girls. He’d heard about the set-up in the Graveyard and was glad to learn Vaughn and Emma had made it out alive.
    The mention of Loghry’s storage unit facility had the wolf growling. “That bastard. I hope I get the chance one day to take him down. He puts spells on our female shifters and they disappear into his sex clubs until they’re broken. Those who find their way back to Savage, take years to recover.”
    Vaughn made arrangements to meet Fergus in fifteen minutes at the forest edge near the storage facility. Fergus would bring two of his best men as well as a backup force. “In the meantime, I’m headed to Crescent for weapons.”
    “Good. See you in a few.” Fergus had a gruff voice and was muscled as hell. Vaughn could count on him to see the mission through.
    He checked his Glock then secured it back in its holster. As he was putting his phone into the pocket of his jeans, Emma emerged from the house. She had her sidearm in place, her shoulders squared. He held his hand out to her. “Ready for this?”
    Emma smiled crookedly. “Hell, yeah.” She patted her Sig Sauer.
    When she climbed up on his right boot, he pulled her tight against him. He took her into the air, flying north in the direction of Crescent Territory. Lily had already called him back to let him know that Brannick had changed locations. Apparently, the safe house was no longer safe, and he would meet Vaughn in the alley behind his favorite Chinese restaurant, not far from the Border Patrol station.
    Vaughn flew high in the air to avoid detection by any low flyers or anyone on the lookout for either Emma or himself.
    Emma kept watch as well and more than once alerted him to a Crescent officer hovering near the rooftops of buildings they passed over. He also kept his shielding mechanism active. If Loghry happened to be in the area, he wouldn’t be able to see Vaughn, or even Emma, because of Vaughn’s shield.
    His cloaking ability wouldn’t make him invisible to vampires, however, so that when he finally descended into the alley behind the restaurant, Brannick saw him right away. He offered a slow dip of his chin.
    His gaze went to Emma. “Is this the witch you told me about, the one you helped rescue those girls?”
    “Yes.” He introduced Emma but wasn’t surprised when Brannick kept his distance.
    The vampire had a hard look with dark brown hair combed straight back. His green eyes always looked pinched. He had deep lines beside his mouth and rarely smiled. He was clean as a whistle in terms of corruption and was known for his cool head. But rage simmered within Brannick, evidenced by the frequent flare of his nostrils.
    Fate had delivered a series of hard blows to Brannick, more than any of Vaughn’s fellow officers. He’d lost his pregnant wife and a young daughter to the alter nightmare thirteen years ago when a tainted supply of a brand name soft drink had been corrupted with vampire serum.
    Enraged, he’d tried to punish the cartels for all the ways they worked to create more alters in the human portion of Phoenix.
    Both Connor and Vaughn had tried to warn Brannick. But fury had fueled his vendetta. In turn, the cartels had targeted his extended family. His parents had been killed and his sister trafficked and sold to a dark witch coven in Elegance. She’d been used as a human sacrifice,