Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

It was the dead of night. The bone-chilling wind echoed in their ears, as Stella held onto Keegan and ran fortheir lives. They knew that the abusive man was a mentally unhinged lunatic. Their lives would be at stake once he realized that they were gone.

The desolate surroundings offered no comfort. There was not even a glimmer of light in sight. However, Stella did not care. She continued running with Keegan in one direction, hoping to put as much distance between them and their captors.

After running for what felt like an eternity, Keegan’s legs gave out, and he collapsed to the ground.

“Keegan!” Stella’s heart tightened, as she called out his name.

“Don’t shout,” Keegan quickly responded, but his voice was weak. “They’ll hear us.”

Stella swallowed her words and crouched down to help Keegan up. Just as she was about to speak, she felt a warm dampness in her hand.

Stella froze. While trembling, she slowly opened her hand. The moonlight was faint, making it impossible to see what was in her palm, but the heavy scent of blood told her what it was.

“Can you tell me where it hurts?” Stella forced herself to ask. Her voice was hoarse.

I’m fine,”

bleeding. How can you say it’s nothing serious?” Stella started to choke up. “Let me look at the wound,” she said. She tried to lift Keegan by his shirt, but he grabbed her

arrived. Run along that path. Once you see a bridge,

“Okay. Let’s go.”

him up, but Keegan held onto her wrist.”

are

me. They’ll get scared of being caught and flee when they realize you’ve escaped. They won’t track you down. Call the police and come

you. It’s fine if you can’t run. I’ll

fell onto his hand. However,

“Stella, calm down…”

calm down! I can’t just

her. Even though the act affected the wounds on his back, causing his face to turn pale, he did

in his arms. “Can’t we give it a try? Maybe they haven’t even found out that we’re gone. Maybe