Briony pulled out her phone and booked a flight.

Once her ticket was confirmed, she made two quick calls to tie up some loose ends at work.

When she finally looked up again, she realized the driver had taken a wrong turn.

"Excuse me, are you sure this is the right way?" she asked.

The driver didn't respond.

A jolt of unease shot through her. Briony immediately opened her ride-hailing app.

The map made it clear-they were headed in the opposite direction from the airport.

She reached for her phone to call the police, but suddenly a harsh, chemical odor filled the car.

Her vision blurred, and darkness claimed her almost instantly.

The driver glanced at her unconscious form in the back seat, then dialed a number. "She's out. I'll bring her over now."

...

"Bryn? Bryn!"

Briony's eyes snapped open to find Ferdinand's anxious face hovering above her.

She jerked upright and scanned the unfamiliar room.

are we?"

Ferdinand said gently. "You were nearly abducted, but I got there just in time. If I hadn't, who knows

at him,

not

call the police?"

man who tried to kidnap you is in custody. He's a repeat offender- targets women traveling alone. The police told me several women have

Briony's face darkened.

accidents had been happening around her with

she'd started suspecting there was something wrong with that bag of

studied Ferdinand's face-serene, refined, almost too

doubts about him only grew

got back to Northborough, the very first

Ferdinand's gaze. "Let me treat you to

out for half

missed your

"Why don't

stay here tonight? Tomorrow

head

vel

if I'm with you, after

knotting between

tomorrow morning. I have

closely. Even though she tried to

you

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