Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

The police found the kidnappers' base while the livestream was still in progress.

Numerous police cars surrounded the old manor. Red and blue lights flashed in the ominous darkness while the piercing sirens broke the stillness of the night.

Zoe, who was as resilient as a cockroach, roused herself before Betty, who remained unconscious on the ground.

Zoe was scared out of her wits when she heard the police sirens. She was about to escape when a few familiar figures barged into her line of sight.

"Lauren!"

Landon was the first to rush forward. In the midst of his anguish, a ray of hope appeared within his crimson, tear-filled eyes.

Landon had always been fearless. Despite knowing full well that there were cold-blooded mercenaries on Shelland Island who would not hesitate to kill, he accompanied Jasper there without hesitation.

But right now, his face was as white as a sheet. With shaky steps, he stumbled his way through the room.

lay sprawled and unconscious across the room. The room

the remaining rooms, their shouts of Lauren's name swallowed by

point, Cyrus rushed into the room with

searched the entire manor and surrounding areas. Lauren is not

Alyssa's beautiful face

But the Technical

Were Zoe and those rats just a distraction so that he could

tightened as stifling fear

realized that there was no escaping. Her legs turned to jelly,

to the consequences that awaited her, unaware that her earlier actions had come to light. She put on a scared and pitiful face before crawling to Landon's

Preston kidnapped me, and he even tried to lay

scream tore from Zoe's throat before she could finish her words. Murderous fury blazed in Landon's eyes. With a

others barely registered the blur that zipped past them before a heavy thud echoed through the room. Zoe slammed into the

her body spasmed, and a spray of crimson splattered the floor as she spat out