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.

 

into a thin line. “You think I’ll believe

together.” With that, his index finger moved closer to

sound of the trigger moving. The

Shane’s hands were shaking.

you don’t want to let Sean go. But there’s no other way out of this dire situation. Madam is still in his hands. Let’s release him first. Once she’s

The others on the helicopter

was weeping. “Daddy, please

Shane shut his eyes.

that he wanted her

the right choice would be. Nevertheless, he feared that Sean would not let Natalie off easily even after he was

want to take

he

let go of her!” Shane took the

position. “Order them

scanned the helicopters hovering in the

Silas

everyone to leave,

other

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