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.
mindful and
she felt the man was gentle
Being gentle...
fleetingly flashed
was so intense that she
and the man made a hasty exit, granting her a moment to catch
recover, another
blow struck Raegan's neck, plunging her back
an eternity, Raegan was
splashed icy cold
disorientation, Raegan found
immobilized, but her feet had
surroundings resembled an abandoned school building
three stories, it mirrored the eerie stage
went through last
unhinged and twisted, wearing the
a good sleep!" Tessa's voice, rough
her courage
second time you've kidnapped
You really have no idea what a true
clear evidence of her
grotesque patchwork of cuts and
flesh hung thick
sickening
It was really unbearable.
seen it clearly? I can't go back to the days when I
have left to fear in this world?" Raegan's eyes
quite comprehend what
disfigured countenance was a terrible sight
of reducing children to tears and inflicting nightmares upon
hands behind her back from the rope and asked, "Why?" "It's all thanks to
down, he lent a
and penniless, I sought refuge with an elderly fisherman on a remote coastal island..." Memories filled Tessa‘'s
her well, giving her food and clean
despair when she discovered
fisherman held numerous women captive
sadistic acts had left
salted their wounds
last captive was barely breathing,
the woman's wound and said, "By doing this, it
fisherman's needs and cooked for
the night, she suffered from his brutal abuse, which was
until the fisherman succumbed to a deep slumber
bore
fisherman embarked on his fishing expeditions, Tessa realized
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