She’d tried so hard not to step on his toes–wasn’t that enough?

Maja kept quiet, her head down.

The kidnapper hung up and kicked her.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, did you hear that? You’re worth nothing to your husband.”

A rough hand grabbed her hair, forcing her to look up.

The man studying her face swallowed hard.

“Damn, she is a looker. How can lan not appreciate such beauty?

He hoisted her up, shoved a sack over her head, stuffed a rag–into her mouth, and carried her into the factory.

Inside, Carlene was also bagged, but her mouth wasn’t gagged. She was crying.

“Let me go! Let me go!”

“What are you idiots waiting for? Let’s scram! lan’s going to be here any minute; you want to stick around and get killed?” The man carrying Maja shouted. He’d been cocky on the phone with lan, but that was all for the two million ransom.

They’d never seen that much money–enough to make them risk it all, even death.

But given the chance, who would choose to kick the bucket?

Maja was swallowed by the massive sack, which was pitch black inside.

tell they were retreating. Besides Carlene’s sobs, the

they even had

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one to leave was the guy who’d carried Maja. Having seen her beauty, he felt like leaving without doing something was a

the sack from Maja’s head and ripped her

widened in terror as he leaned in

ready to

front of Maja cursed

Otherwise, I

a torch and threw it

filled with hay,

fire touched the

the kidnappers left, lan kicked the door

“lan, lan!”

and hid under

out the fire, but there was too much

into his

on her cheeks, collapsed

icy as he carried

and the

few steps. Seeing lan, he blurted out

Raymond, where’s

He hadn’t seen Maja inside.

lan’s arms, he was consumed by

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