“I don’t know if the ring is of any relevance to what is happening or why the human females have been kidnapped, but something told me it was important,” Sula murmured when the transmission ended. “Beth and I searched everywhere for it. There was no record of the ring in the inventory of items returned with Badrick’s body. It was also not on his body during the autopsy. I thought for sure Badrick hid it in his living quarters somewhere. I was able to get the computer to recreate the ring and this is what it looks like.”
“s**t!”
All eyes turned to Mason, who stood against the back wall. He groaned and ran both hands down his face. He dropped them to his sides and shook his head.
“I know where it is,” Mason said with a grimace. “I forgot all about the damn thing.”
“What are you talking a
