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.

 

lips into a thin line.

have no choice. We’ll bite the dust together.” With that,

close proximity of the gun, Natalie could audibly hear the sound of the trigger moving. The immense

Shane’s hands were shaking.

But there’s no other way out of this dire situation. Madam is still

Shane.” The others on the helicopter

was weeping. “Daddy, please

Shane shut his eyes.

that he wanted her to

evidently knew what the right choice would be. Nevertheless, he feared that Sean

didn’t want to take the

the reality was that he

leave. You let go of her!” Shane

his position. “Order

eyes scanned the helicopters hovering in the

looked to Silas and

everyone

other helicopters

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