Page 195 of Allegiance

Elizabeth was curious.

“And this could not be sent overnight to me instead of calling me during a meeting with the most powerful nuts in this country who are talking about coups and bullshit?”

Jinx knew what would have her attention.

“They sold kids too.”

That stopped Elizabeth in her tracks.

“Wait. What?”

Jinx explained.

“If a mother came in with a child, and they had no family, they took them both. Five kids aged five to thirteen were shipped out to different areas. They are too old to be black market adoptions. That means they are going to be...”

She didn’t have to say the words.

Oh, shit.

Elizabeth knew that this just escalated. Adult women had a fighting chance, and while bad, children…

That was horrific.

She had to move.

“Get me a screen shot of the list.”

Jinx figured she would want it. Luckily, they had even more.

“I also have the buyer’s names. We had a cop who took really good notes as he was getting paid to turn a blind eye. Who knew he’d be an asset?”

This turned her stomach.

Elizabeth loved kids and had a brood. She couldn’t even imagine the fear those little ones felt.

It pissed her off.

“I hope that he met with an untimely death and suffered the entire time.”

She laughed.

“Oh, well, he felt guilty and committed suicide. That’s a rough way to go—or so I hear. You’re awake those last two minutes when you off yourself.”

Elizabeth clued her in.

“I hope he broke his neck, so the ME doesn’t question it,” she said. “Because I’d hate to be investigating this at some point because we didn’t cross all our Ts.”

“He did. Snapped like a twig when he dropped.”

That worked for her.

It was funny how there were two sides to her. The FBI investigator, and the boss sending out people to do dirty deeds for the country’s safety.

“Send me the intel. I’m in a meeting with the military. I’ll get those buyers hunted down and see if we can get the kids back before anyone hurts them.”

That was her hope.

“Uh, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you’re about to have a serial killer by the name of Z who killed two detectives in a suburban home pretty brutally. They behave suspiciously like a band of Hunters I know. Z also pointed the intel at the media, so this should be blowing up spectacularly,” Jinx offered.