Just One Touch (Slow Burn #5)(95)

"I'll also never be able to thank your woman, Jenna, for the sacrifice she made today to save my daughter and my grandchild. Son, there is only one other person in this world who means more to me than my only daughter and the grandchild she carries, and that's my wife. My wife and I would be mourning both their deaths were it not for the bravest damn thing I've ever heard of in my life. She saved not only Ari, who may or may not have survived the wound to her abdomen, but Jenna snatched my grandchild back from the jaws of death. She fought evil for that innocent child and she kicked its ass. I wasn't present to witness the miracle, but I've been told about everything that happened in exacting detail, as well as having my daughter tell me that she'd never felt anything as beautiful as Jenna's healing light and the way she coaxed her baby to not let go and to cling to the light Jenna provided until it was that child's time to enter the world."

The imposing older man looked as if his entire world had been rocked, and emotion shone brightly in his eyes. His words cracked under the weight of the love he felt for his daughter and the relief he felt for the safety of his daughter and grandchild.

"I have dedicated all that I have, all that I own, to the mission to get back that woman, but my debt doesn't end there. There is never anything I can do to repay the debt to the woman you love, but I vow on my life, and on the lives of my daughter and my grandchild, that if there is ever anything I can do for you or for Jenna Wilder, you've only to name it. You'll never have to ask. You name it and I'll do all that is in my considerable power and influence to ensure you have it." 

Isaac swallowed back the tears that threatened to completely unhinge him and crack the iron grip he was holding on his composure.

"All I want, all I will ever want, is to have her back," Isaac whispered hoarsely. "I love her more than anything and there's nothing I won't do to have her back where she belongs and I swear to God, as long as I live, I will never let her go again."

Gavin put a comforting hand on Isaac's shoulder and squeezed. "We'll get her back, son. I've been through what you're going through. I thought I'd lose my wife and my daughter and was helpless to do a damn thing to prevent it. But you and your men changed that. You and your teammates gave me back my family and as God is my witness, I'll get you back the missing piece of your soul just as I was once missing that same piece of my soul and had it returned to me. With the resources we have at our fingertips? Look around you, son. No one stands a fucking chance against the full power of our connections and more importantly, the iron will of every single DSS agent in this room. You aren't alone in this. There's not a single person in this room who won't die to get that young woman back after all she's done for those the people in this room hold dearest to their hearts."

"Thank you, sir. I appreciate that more than you'll ever know."

"Be thinking about your wedding and where you want to go afterward," Gavin said, in an abrupt change of subject, one that had Isaac reeling as he imagined the beauty of the day when he'd make Jenna his under the eyes of God and the law. "If you're anything like me, all you'll want to do is marry her as fast as humanly possible and then leave for a very extended, very isolated honeymoon where the only concern you'll have is seeing to your new wife's every need."

Isaac nodded, unable to speak for fear of breaking down.

"I can make that happen. You just say the word. Security will be taken care of. No one will get within a mile of you and Jenna and your every need or wish will be catered to."

"Thanks for the offer," Isaac finally managed to choke out. "I may have to take you up on that. But first, I just want her back."

"Listen up," Dane called from across the room.

Isaac surged forward. Thank fuck the man was finally off the goddamn phone. Dane made eye contact with Isaac as Isaac pushed his way through so he was standing closest to Dane. Dane nodded at him, his expression tight and his eyes hard and utterly focused.

"We're going to get her back, Isaac," Dane said quietly. "Fucking Jaysus will never know what hit him."

Then he glanced across the room to Caleb and nodded. "It's time," he said grimly.

Isaac's pulse sped up and he had to swallow back the urge to vomit as his nerves assaulted him.

"As soon as Ramie can give us information identifying the location where she's being held, then we move out," Dane announced. "They no longer outnumber us nor do they have not one, but two black ops groups who about came in their fatigues when I offered up Jaysus on a silver platter and all they had to do was go in with us and kick some fucking ass."