Diablo called Tanner and put him on speaker phone.
“How’s it going?” asked Tanner.
“Great!” I said. “We made it to…”
Diablo put his hand over my mouth. “It might be bugged,” he whispered. And then he said into the phone. “The package has been delivered.”
“Excellent,” replied Tanner. “The ambush went well. We lost about a third of our troops, but Cole lost more. As long as you guys can keep moving and avoid detection, we should be good to go.”
“Did you take Cole out?” I asked.
“Nope. He wasn’t part of the ambush.”
“Damn,” said Diablo. “We’ll keep our eyes peeled for him. Over and out.” Diablo hung up and turned to me. “Let’s start moving.”
We started zipping through the course. Diablo and Angel would look around each time we got to a platform, but my mind was elsewhere. I couldn’t stop thinking about what Nigel had said. About me being Tanner’s girlfriend. And then I couldn’t stop thinking about what Cole had said about Tanner’s scandalous ways. Luckily for me, my two guards had been part of the Society for years. And I knew they’d heard stories about Tanner’s philandering ways. They’d told me as much at the Onyxies last year. What else had they heard or seen?
“So how well do you guys know Ryder?” I asked while we were stopped on a platform.
“Not that well,” said Diablo.
“Yeah,” agreed Angel. “We pretty much just know him as that weird dude who wears the flamboyant suits.”
“And he was too scared to let us fuck you at the Onyxies,” added Diablo. “But luckily for you, he’s not here right now. So no one is gonna stop you from getting on your knees and gagging on our huge cocks.”
“He doesn’t mean that,” said Angel. “What he meant to say is that you should probably slide out of that dress so that you’re harder to spot. And to help you feel more comfortable being naked, we’ll be happy to get naked as well. And then let’s be honest…there’s no way you’ll be able to resist our massive cocks.” He gave me a wicked smile.
“Hey!” I said. “I thought you were supposed to be the nice one!”
“I am nice. I’ll even take a video that you can use to make Ryder jealous. Maybe then he’ll realize that you’re way hotter than all those girls he’s been bringing to Club Onyx all summer.”
The mention of Tanner with other girls made my blood boil. “Have you seen him with other girls?” I asked.
“Yeah. I just said he brought tons of girls to Club Onyx.”
“I don’t mean just walking around with them. I mean…”
“Fucking them?” suggested Diablo.
“Yes,” I said. “Have you seen him fucking them?”
A branch cracking stopper our conversation. We all hit the deck and looked around for the threat. It must have just been a squirrel or something, though, because we didn’t see any blue scouts. But I did notice something else…
“Where do they do maintenance on the swan boats?” I asked.
“Usually just right there,” replied Diablo, pointing to the dock with all the swan boats. “Why?”
“Because the one missing the head isn’t there.”
Diablo pointed at each boat while he did a mental count. “You’re right. Usually they have a dozen boats there. And I only count 11.”
“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” I asked.
“That depends,” said Diablo. “What are you thinking?”
“On the map I remember seeing an arrow pointing to a cave on the other side of the lake. I bet that’s where Cole has been hiding his princesses all summer!”
Diablo shook his head. “I can’t believe we didn’t think of that sooner. We have to call Ryder.” He pulled out his phone and put it on speaker.
