Obviously Shane was aware of that. That was the reason for his grim expression.

He fixed his eyes on Natalie.

She, too, was staring straight back at him. Her body trembled slightly as despair filled her eyes. “Shane…”

All he wanted was to comfort her.

Yet, his words would be futile. Nothing he could say would serve as a consolation while she was being held at gunpoint.

Instead, he shifted his gaze to Sean. He suppressed the urge to rage at him and asked, “What the hell do you want?”

“It’s simple, really. I want to leave this place safely,” Sean smiled as his eyes met his.

Shane tightened his grip on the gun and scoffed. “In your dreams!”

“Is that so? Then I guess you leave me no other option. I’ll just have to bring your wife along to perish. What a beautiful woman she is, so I won’t be the one getting the short end of the stick,” Sean joked while his grin grew wider.

“I’ll say it again. Let go of her!”

 

“That’s impossible unless you ask your men to back off and allow me to leave with ease. Once I’m out of here, I’ll return her to you.” While he negotiated, he kept his tight grip on Natalie.

Natalie shuddered in response.

 

pursed his lips into a thin line. “You think

choice. We’ll bite the dust together.” With that, his index finger

audibly hear the sound of the trigger moving.

Shane’s hands were shaking.

let Sean go. But there’s no other

Shane.” The others on the

weeping. “Daddy, please save

Shane shut his eyes.

not that he wanted

be. Nevertheless, he feared that Sean would not let Natalie

didn’t want to take the

was that he had to

go of her!” Shane

his position. “Order them to leave

scanned the helicopters hovering

looked to Silas and

wireless mic and notified everyone to leave, save for the helicopter

other

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