Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Kathryn felt a rough cloth shoved into her mouth before a sack was pulled over her head.

Within seconds, she was forced into a car.

She heard her eldest brother's voice, his whisper barely audible.

"Let's go." Then, he added, "Tell Shiloh's brothers to follow us.

Leave a few men here to clean up the scene-hurry up." The engine roared to life.

The car sped off.

She cou She couldn't see what was happening behind her.

I in the back seat, Kathryn's hands and feet were still free.

She struggled to pull the cloth from Cramped in her mouth, but the sack remained tight over her head, held firmly by a pair of strong hands.

A blow landed on her.

"Brother Noel, tie the sack shut!" Sage urged.

Then another.

was the one hitting her.

Sage "Second brother, third brother-I know it's you!" Kathryn's voice was muffled as she fought to speak.

t do you want? Let me go-mmph!" Another Kathryn punch.

This time from Noel.

wrapping her arms around her head, trying to shield herself from their

of how

better than to resist," Sage

cooperate,

I'll make sure

tied

brother, what are you doing?" Kathryn's voice remained steady despite the

illegal, right? This

call the police, you'll all go

for years." She didn't fight back, but she still

from the corner of her

She wiped it away.

Just a flesh wound.

Not fatal.

she looked like

if Pedro saw her like this, she had no doubt he would

I his fist again,

Marco, who was driving, barked in a low

beat her to

still need

f Kathryn died, her estate would legally

first-her bank accounts, the safe at home, the

She had hidden everything.

get the information from her

a

handle

fighting since she was a kid?"