Chapter 69
But the darkness ahead made it impossible to see where Roxanne had gone.
“Bitch!” The man ripped off his mask and called Nathaniel “She got away!
On the other end of the line, Nathaniel erupted in rage. “How the hell did you let her escape? Go after her! She’s injured, so she won’t get far.” The man replied, “She won’t get far, but she ran into the forest. It’s pitch–black right now. How are we supposed to find her?
Nathaniel, furious, barked, “Send me your location! We’ll split up and search for her. I’ll pay extra to whoever finds her!”
After receiving the location, Nathaniel and his team–including the two men on motorcycles–rushed over. Now, there were four of them
Staring into the pitch–blackforest, Nathaniel commanded, “Taylor hit herleg, so she won’t get far. Spread out and search! I’ll pay each of you an extra hundred thousand dollars. Whoever finds her first gets another hundred thousand dollars!”
Nathaniel wasn’t bluffing. He immediately took out his phone and transferred so thousand dollars to each of them. “This is your advance payment.”
The other three, eyes gleaming at the sight of money, sprang into action without hesitation. They dived into the forest to track Roxanne.
Barely moments after they disappeared in the forest, Sebastian and his men arrived.
Standing alongside 25 highly trained mercenaries, Sebastian listened as their leader reported, “The drone tracked her to this location. Ms. Sawyer ran into the forest, and four men went in after her.”
Sebastian’s expression darkened. “Go in and find her.”
“Yes, Mr. Hayes.”
The mercenaries activated their night vision goggles and swiftly entered the dense forest. The thick canopy made drone surveillance useless. Their eyes and instincts were their only tools now.
Sebastian went in with them. With their training and experience, the mercenaries easily tracked footprints and disturbances in the underbrush, quickly closing in on their targets. Besides, the night vision goggles helped their search tremendously.
Within minutes, they captured the first kidnapper. The so–called “kidnappers” were nothing more than a gang of low–level biker thugs. Against Sebastian’s elite mercenaries, they were helpless.
Soon, three of them had been taken down
Meanwhile, Roxanne’s situation was dire. Desperate to escape, she crawled through the uneven forest floor. The rugged terrain gave her a slight advantage.
She was terrified. The forest stretched endlessly in all directions, and she had no idea if wild animals lurked in the darkness.
But star know one thing–she had to keep moving. She could not fall into Nathaniel’s lands.
So, the climbed and climbed. Pain shot through her injured leg, and her hands were scratched and bleeding. Sharp twigs lashed at her face and arms, adding to her
She probably looked utterly wretched now, but she couldn’t stop. She had to climb.
“Nathaniel Over there! There are clear tracks!TM
the close! Nathaniel shouted
Panic surged though Rozanne Nathaniel’s voice was so close it felt like
se he was breathing down her neck. She held her breath and moved with slow, caretul
cu asping a study branch, she kept climbing higher. Then, she heard the sound of mishing water. At the same time, her hand swiped through empty air She had reached the top, and there was nowhere left to go front of her was nothing but a clitt’s edge. Hellqu her, Nathaniel and his men were closing in A bitter le croused her lips Eventate was against Isen.
Nathurdel’s footsteps grew louder. Then, alumshi beam of light folus phone illuminated her figure. He laughed sinisterly. He saw one’s predicament–battered and exhausted, with nowhere left to run
“Roxaimie, let’s see where you nut to now.”
d never have h
had even the slightest
