The Wrong Woman

Chapter 59

The woman’s words were cut short because some of the pirates already had their rifles aimed at her.

The next instant, gunshots punctured the air, terrifying everyone. except for the pirates. They fired several times, and the woman collapsed in a mushy puddle of blood and flesh.

Screams filled the air. No one had the guts to move.

Terrified, Suzanne felt that her palms had turned clammy. Feeling Oliver’s hand on her shoulder, she gently pushed his hand away from

her.

“Don’t move,” Oliver said under his breath, his tone anxious.

Gingerly, Suzanne raised her eyes to look at the pirate who spoke.

Just like the other pirates, he wore a mask. He was pacing around as he looked carefully at all of the antiques that were on display.

A moment later, he spoke slowly in Dorzanian. “The waters are mi Everything you have here belongs to me now. Your money, jewe and antiques are all mine.”

He added, “But these aren’t that important. What I want is a gram hydronium. Who has it? Give it to me.”

to hear the pirate

safely. If you can’t give me what I want, I’ll kill a person for every minute I spend here until

listened to him

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then, she heard Oliver mutter, “What’s he saying?”

he know that she could understand

he explained, “You have had a knack for languages since you were young. When you left me back then, you’d already grasped all the

hearing his explanation.” When

Oliver took a moment

were twenty-two,” he told her. “You were

this fact about herself, yet Oliver knew it fairly well. She was about to sink into her thoughts when a

fired.

and started killing a person for every

take it anymore. In Dorzanian, she said, “Stop it. They don’t

pirates glanced around but couldn’t find the pers who spoke. He asked, “Oh, really? I thought Dorzanian was well- known. Well then, why don’t you stand up and help me translate wh I

grabbed her hand to stop her from doing so out of fear that her life might

pirates was taken by surprise by her beauty. The smile under