Ellinor managed to make a break for it from the warehouse, fumbling her way alone through the dark wilderness

Her phone was chucked somewhere unknown by the kidnappers while she was out cold Right now, the sky was dark and stormy with not a hint of moonlight.

In the pitch–black, she couldn’t find her bearings and had to find a spot to hunker down and wait till daybreak to find the way back home

This suburban wasteland was even more barren than the real wilderness.

Out there she could’ve found a cave to hide in. But here there was nothing but flat wasteland. All around, apart from some thorny weeds, there wasn’t a single big tree for

cover!

Then the sky started to pour

With no place to take shelter, she was left to the mercy of the rain.

Suddenly, she heard footsteps following her from the back, the rustling of the weeds, and the sweeping of a flashlight…

Who else could it be out here in the dark, if not the accomplices of the kidnappers!

her breath and immediately

tall man’s silhouette stopped one

“Come out!”

was cold

had been found out. She grabbed a handful of dirt and flung

had nothing. Going head to head was not

swiftly, dodging the dirt and grabbing

free

‘It’s me”

was steady and

The familiarity of his

was pulled into a warm, broad

her head, as if comforting a scared little animal, and stroked her hair, “Easy, it’s

guard gradually dropped, “Theo,

“Are you hurt?”

his deep voice revealing rare concern. He held her shoulders and under the dim flashlight, he checked her from

head, blinking

did Theo

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