Marco and his companions finally heard footsteps. Instinctively, they turned their heads-only to see a group of people closing in fast, surrounding them.

"Police! Hands up! Don't move!"

As soon as Marco spotted the officers, the lead policeman shouted the command, immediately drawing his pistol and aiming it at them.

The police had been tipped off by Shiloh's brother, who informed them that the kidnappers were armed. Meanwhile, the detectives pursuing Pedro were also carrying firearms.

Sage's mind went blank. His head felt like it was about to explode.

Why were the police after them?

They had scoped out this location in advance. It was remote and desolate-practically abandoned even during the day, let alone at night. No one was supposed to come here.

Marco was the first to react. Without hesitation, he bent down, grabbed a kitchen knife, and lunged toward Kathryn. If he was going down, he was determined to take her with him.

If she died and he paid for her life with his own, it would all be worth it.

He snatched up the knife just as Kathryn, writhing in pain from her injured arm, rolled across the ground. Watching her suffer filled him with twisted satisfaction.

But then-he cursed under his breath.

rolled

charged at her, knife

A gunshot rang out.

him in the right hand. The knife clattered to the ground. Marco let out a sharp cry, clutching his

immediately dropped to the ground, hands over their heads, surrendering without

all three brothers down and placing

"Miss!"

lying to the side, her right arm

down, and quickly untied the ropes binding her wrists and ankles. Then he took off his

the police. He had also

only priority was getting Kathryn to

for the ambulance?" the lead officer asked. "It'll be here

notified emergency services in advance, anticipating possible injuries Pedro wanted to refuse-he was too anxious to wait. He saw Kathryn's bloodied arm, her trembling lips

to the hospital as fast

up. Relieved,

by two officers. The moment he was inside, he

was from the pain of his wound or the

shoved into the back of a police car. Cold

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