Kidnapped! A sudden, sharp sound sliced through the quiet night.
The man ripped off Raegan’s collar.
The cold night air met Raegan's skin, making her shiver.
"Ah!" Raegan cried out, her body debilitated by the effects of the drugs, making her unable to lift a hand to stop the man.
"Please...
Spare me.” Gathering the last ounce of her strength, Raegan attempted to retreat, tears dampening the blindfold ughtly secured over her eyes.
She managed to see the man before her.
However, she wasn't able to distinguish his features.
Judging from the build, Raegan was sure it wasn't Mitchel.
The man stood still for a moment as he silently looked at Raegan.
He suddenly leaned in, and his scent enveloped her.
A flicker of recognition crossed Raegan’s mind, but she couldn't put a finger on it.
Fear instinctively took over as she asked, "What do you want?" The man's fingertips traced Raegan's neck, sliding down gently as he took off the pendant she had on.
"Is this yours?" His voice had a raspy edge as if it was run through a voice-changer device.
Raegan nodded.
"Yes, it's mine.
It’s not worth much.
Please, don't take it.
] can give you money instead.” The pendant had been with Raegan since she was a child.
Her grandmother somehow took it from her one day but gave it back to her before the demise.
Raegan couldn't stomach losing the pendant since it carried sentimental value for her.
The man stepped back, refraining from advancing further, and paused.
After a few minutes, he said softly, "Why is it you?” His voice trembled, carrying an undercurrent of unspoken emotions.
Raegan was startled as she felt the man approaching her again.
She was paralyzed with fear and was powerless to flee.
Yet, the man just calmly reattached the pendant.
and tender,
the man was
Being gentle...
image fleetingly flashed
was so intense that she could not focus
door slammed shut, and the man made a hasty exit,
before Raegan could fully recover,
struck Raegan's neck,
felt like an eternity, Raegan was
icy cold water on
the disorientation, Raegan found herself tightly bound
hands were immobilized, but her feet
building filled with
three stories, it mirrored the eerie stage of her previous kidnapping,
went through last
unhinged and twisted, wearing the scars of countless
to have a good sleep!" Tessa's voice, rough and
summoned her courage and confronted
second
upon crime?" "Crime? How hilarious! You really have no idea what a true crime
clear evidence of her
patchwork of
stench of decaying flesh hung
was sickening
It was really unbearable.
seen it clearly? I can't go back
have left to fear in this world?" Raegan's eyes
quite comprehend what Tessa had gone
countenance was a terrible
reducing children to
managed to free her hands behind her back from the rope
been tracking me down, he lent a helping hand
I sought refuge with an elderly fisherman on a remote coastal island..." Memories filled Tessa‘'s
well, giving her food and
to despair when she
captive and subjected
left scars on their
their wounds
in, the last captive was barely breathing, legs and body covered in
it won't stink.” Tessa was
needs and cooked
suffered from his brutal abuse, which
on throughout the night, haunting Tessa until the fisherman succumbed to a deep slumber in the
bore the scars
fisherman embarked on his fishing expeditions, Tessa realized her moment had
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