Quinn. I don’t like her being out if Ramford is around.”
“The good thing about Trenton Ramford is that he lives in New York. He could do all his hacking from there, there’s no reason to think he’s anywhere in Wyoming. Okay, file sent.”
Baby heard the beep from the email coming through on his phone. He’d look at it later, with Quinn, after he found her but—
“Oh shit.” The icy tendrils of fear crept down his spine as he looked at the screen.
“What?” Kendrick said.
“Ramford is in Wyoming.”
“How do you know?”
Baby studied the picture that had come through with Kendrick’s file. “Because I talked to him the other day on the TSC campus.”
The guy on the bench next to him. He’d said he was waiting for one of the women Quinn was talking to. But he hadn’t been. He’d been stalking Quinn.
“Oh shit,” Kendrick parroted.
Baby didn’t like that Quinn was missing and Ramford was around here somewhere.
He could hear Kendrick’s fingers flying across the keyboard.
Baby turned to go back up the stairs. “I’m going to show this photo to whoever I can find inside the police department. See if he was around here.”
“No need.” Kendrick’s voice was tight.
“What? Talk to me.”
“I’ve accessed the footage from when she came out of that station forty-five minutes ago. She was talking to someone, and that someone is very definitely Trenton Ramford.”
Fear burned through Baby’s throat as he paced back and forth. “Did he force her into a vehicle?”
“No, he was wearing a cop uniform. She got in with him willingly. She wouldn’t have known what he looked like.” Kendrick fingers continued to click on the keyboard as he spoke. “They keep those scholarship identities blind so there’s less chance of prejudice. Ramford could’ve come right up to her, and she wouldn’t have known it. And damn...that’s exactly what he did.”
Someone who’d made it his mission to make Quinn’s life a living hell had her in his car with him. And she didn’t know who he was or that he meant her harm.
“Let me see if I can catch them on any other cameras heading out of town. See which direction they headed.”
Baby was already running for his truck.
I have something very special planned for her.
Ramford’s words from last week echoed through Baby’s head. He’d thought Ramford had been talking about one of the other women, but he’d been referring to Quinn.
Something big right here on campus.
“I already know where they’re going,” he told Kendrick. “I need you to call the guys and have them meet me at TSC. Tell them to suit up, it’s an emergency.”
Ramford was going to kill Quinn.
His brother, Finn, was the first one Baby saw arrive at TSC. But the core Linear Tactical guys were right behind him—Zac Mackay and Aiden Teague.
Gavin too, very definitely not in his sheriff’s uniform this time. This wouldn’t be the first time that the Linear Tactical guys took action first and brought law enforcement in on the situation later.
Especially for something like this when lack of finesse on local cops’ part might cost someone their life.
Cost Quinn her life.
Baby wasn’t a trained soldier like the four men surrounding him. He knew they had more practice at keeping their emotions at bay to get the job done, but Baby wasn’t going to let lack of training keep him from being laser-focused on getting Quinn back into his arms safely.
He refused to consider any other outcome.
All the men were dressed for battle—lightweight army combat shirts that gave them full freedom of movement. Baby still had on his jeans and Henley, but that wasn’t going to stop him.
All four men were outfitted with two different weapons, the way Baby had been a few weeks ago when he’d been battling those three tangoes on Finn’s property. One weapon would incapacitate temporarily, the other would be much more permanent.
If this bastard had hurt Quinn, Baby wouldn’t care which type of weapon he used.
Finn handed Baby a holster with the same two types of guns the rest of them were carrying. Baby took the harness with a nod and slid both arms through and secured it around his chest.
“Quinn’s in trouble?” Zac asked as he scanned the campus.
Kendrick had provided them with the details he had. Baby knew that wasn’t a lot, and that these men were here because they trusted Baby’s instincts. That meant everything to him.
“Ramford, the guy who has her...He’s not stable. He blames her for ruining his life, and I’m pretty fucking certain he’s brought her