Chapter 108: A Costly Prank

Athena softly heaved in deep breaths as they drew closer to the site indicated on the tracking tablet resting on her lap.

Mr. Thorne kept patting her hand at intervals to calm her down, but how could she find peace when her children might be facing unspeakable horrors right then?

The gang knew who she was; there was no telling how callous they could be toward her children now. The thought of her babies enduring even a fraction of the torment she had experienced during her last kidnapping sent shivers down her spine, making it impossible to calm her racing heart.

What would she have done without those tracking watches? It was a stroke of luck that the twins had taken to wearing trackable toy watches, just like the one they had gifted her, since her escape from that harrowing incident.

"Thank the heavens for technology," She muttered to herself, grateful for her technical know-how, which allowed her to operate their laptops and retrieve every crucial detail.

"We are here," Jake announced, his eyes focused on a nondescript, one-story building that stood before them.

The simplicity of it took Athena by surprise; it seemed too ordinary for such a sinister purpose.

As the car came to a stop, the ten vehicles behind them followed suit. Everyone spilled out, and the head agent spoke up, his tone commanding.

"You remember how this will go down, don’t you?"

Everyone nodded in affirmation.

"Then let’s go."

No one bothered to tell Athena to stay back; they all knew she wouldn’t agree. Plus, they understood she was capable—she was a force to be reckoned with, especially when it came to her children.

But Mr. Thorne’s insistence to accompany them raised some eyebrows. Though he had been a military general at one time, his age brought with it concerns.

Surely she


wanted to protest and insist that her entire focus would be on her children, but she held her tongue. If Mr. Thorne wanted to

go," She said firmly, already heading

they infiltrated the property. However, much to their dismay and confusion, the inside was eerily empty, though footprints led deeper

she stood at the door to a room that appeared untouched.

children were in this room as the tracker

tears suddenly streaming down her face at the sight that met her: her children bound to chairs, ropes that dug cruelly into their skin. But worse still, a bomb

detail quick to follow. The air grew thick with tension

"Mommy!" Kate cried out.

rushed toward them, yet careful to maintain a safe distance from them. "Don’t worry, my sweetheart. We’ll get you out of here. Just hold

didn’t, they

and unfamiliar. "Don’t worry, Nathaniel, we’ll get

to turn and face her. Her heart broke

fear of


bomb squad members, who

is unlike anything we’ve encountered before. We’re still

if she didn’t

shocking everyone. "That’s because it’s a fake. The only reason Kate and I are still tied up is because the ropes are too tight.

skepticism written

calm wash over her. If there was anyone she trusted, it

"Everyone, leave," She commanded.

hesitated, exchanging

do you mean by that?" Mr. Thorne asked, a frown

if it is a real bomb, I wouldn’t want

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