I waited a good twenty minutes before calling out for Zach. It would have been a disaster if they would have come back to him untying me.

"Jesus Christ. I'm so sorry Finn," he said upon entering the basement.

I shrugged. "I'll be fine." Although it hurt like hell, I wouldn't ever admit it. I did it for Jess and every second will be worth it.

Zach set me lose and pulled the needle out of my arm. "I still don't understand, why did we just let them leave?"

I grabbed a blood bag from the storage cooler and gulped it down. "They needed to think that we had given up." There was no way that Jared would have ever allowed both Tanner and I to see her.

At that moment, a buzzing came from my pocket. I glanced down at the screen half expecting it to be my father. I'm sure he will be calling soon to inquire about how Jess is doing in her new home. But it wasn't him, the number that popped up was from Australia. I put it on speaker for Zach to hear. "Hello, you've reached Finnigan McClain, who may I ask is calling?" I answered.

"My name is not important, but my offer for you is. Word is that you and your brother Tanner are on the outs. Is that still correct?" A mysterious voice asked.

I paused. Could this be Derek Darrow offering to double cross Jared? That sure would be a miracle. "Yes, at this point in time my brother and I are not speaking. What does that have to do with anything?"

"I have obtained something of his that would be of great value to you, but I want to make sure it will never end up in his hands again."

It had to be her, but why would Derek care about where she ended up? I sighed. I can't allow myself to get my hopes too high. This could just be a prank. "I can promise you, I would never give anything to my brother. Now tell me what this offer is. I'm growing bored of this conversation."

"Well your majesty, I'm not sure if you are aware but your brother owned a Pureblood girl."

"I was not aware," I lied, "I do not keep up with his useless shenanigans. Are you telling me that you stole her from him?"

"No, sir. She was sent to my clan leader and I took it upon myself to liberate her from him."

Hmm. So, this wasn't Derek at all but instead one of his clan mates...how interesting. "Why steal from your leader?" It made no sense.

"He isn't my leader, not anymore." His voice grew louder, "I was forced into this clan and I want out, which brings me to our deal. I will give you the girl if you allow me safe passage to the US along with her. I would like the honor of joining your clan, sir."

This sounded way too good to be true. "How do I know you aren't lying?"

"I have no reason to lie, sir. I risked everything by taking this girl away from Derek, I mean, my leader. I only want a better life for myself and this poor girl."

He had a point. If he was lying I would just kill him the moment he touched down in the US. Did he really have Jess? Just then, an idea popped into my head. "Let me talk to the girl." I demanded.

"Um, alright. I would just like you to know that she is a bit damaged from my clan. They did some awful things to her that will take her time to recover from. I promise you though, her blood is worth it."

My fangs elongated with rage. What did those lowlifes do to her? Zach and I exchanged worried looks. I hope she's alright. "That's fine. Just let me talk to her."

"I just need you to speak with someone for a moment, okay? I'm not going to hurt you." I heard the man whisper.

"I just want you to die. Please just kill me or give me back my razor." I heard Jessica's voice whisper back. It was really her. I could barely recognize her voice, it was hoarse and held so much sadness in it. Those bastards had her cutting again. This couldn't be good.

"This man can help us, love. He's nothing like Derek." The man attempted to coax her.

"Okay, okay I'm sorry. Just please don't come any closer. I'll do whatever you want."

"I'm going to slide you the phone. Just tell the man the truth so we can get out of here."

There was a brief pause before her shaky voice mustered a, "h-hello?"

I closed my eyes. Just to hear her voice again lifted my spirits. She was alive, and I was going to see her again. But wait, if she hears my voice the man will realize I lied about not knowing her. That could ruin everything. I sighed. I needed to disguise my voice. "Yes, hi. I just have one question for you, dear and I need you to tell me the absolute truth, understand?" I lowered my voice as much as I could without making it obvious. Let's hope my voice acting skills are good enough to fool Jess. "Are you a Pureblood?"

"Yes, sir I am. I belonged to Tanner McClain before being taken here. If you allow Brandon and I safe passage to the United States I swear I will be the best servant I can be. Please." She sobbed. It had worked, and even better I now had a first name of our caller. Brandon.

"You weren't supposed to tell them my name! We don't want Derek coming after us!" Brandon whisper yelled.

"Oh God, I'm so, so, sorry. I didn't mean to. Please don't use the bat. I'm sorry." My heart sunk. Hearing her beg and plead was sickening. He better not have hurt her.

There was a rustling of the phone being passed back to Brandon. "I'm sorry about her. I'll try my hardest to fix her before you see her. She's a wonderful girl, she's just been around a lot of awful people."

"She's fine," I said through gritted teeth. "Go to the nearest airport. I will have a private jet pick you up and have you here by dawn."

"Thank you so much for this opportunity Mr. McClain. I promise I won't let you down." Brandon said before hanging up the phone.

Zach and I stood there speechless for a long time. The thought of getting her back should have made me happy but all I felt was dread. It was a miracle that Brandon had admired me enough to want to give Jess to me and steal her from Derek but what kind of condition would Jess be returned to me in?

"Are you going to tell Tanner?" Zach finally spoke.

I shook my head. "No way. He picked his side. Let him find out on his own."