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.
were mindful and tender, much to her
man
Being gentle...
flashed across
that
the man made a hasty exit, granting her
could fully recover, another
warning, a brutal blow struck Raegan's
like an
splashed icy cold water on
disorientation, Raegan found herself tightly bound with
but her
abandoned school building filled with broken-down tables and
three stories, it mirrored the eerie stage of her previous kidnapping, creating an unsettling
went through last
Tessa seemed even more unhinged
Tessa's voice, rough and harsh, cut through the
courage and confronted
this is the second time you've kidnapped
this your way of seeking life behind the bar by committing crime upon crime?" "Crime? How hilarious! You really have no idea what a true crime is!" With slow and deliberate movements, Tessa removed her hat and mask,
bore clear evidence
patchwork of
flesh
sickening
It was really unbearable.
in, Tessa asked Raegan tauntingly, "Have you seen it clearly? I can't go back to
else do I have left to fear in this world?" Raegan's eyes
comprehend what
disfigured countenance was a terrible
to tears and inflicting nightmares
managed to free her hands behind her back from the rope and asked, "Why?" "It's all thanks to Mitchel! He launched an intense and unrelenting chase
been tracking me down, he lent a helping hand on it, blocking all possible escape
penniless, I sought refuge with an elderly fisherman on a remote coastal island..." Memories filled Tessa‘'s mind in an
treated her well,
despair when she discovered the
held numerous women captive and subjected them to
sadistic acts had left
had also salted their wounds to avoid
captive was
salt on the woman's wound and said, "By doing this, it won't stink.” Tessa was trapped in that living
care of the fisherman's needs and cooked for him during
abuse, which was
until the fisherman succumbed to a deep slumber in the daylight
form, worn and weathered, bore the scars of her
when the fisherman embarked on his fishing
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