Chapter 181

Isadora came to in a warehouse.

It wasn't especially large or small—just a dim, chilly space lined with stacks of lumber and steel beams. A battered wooden table and chair stood near the heavy metal door.

Her hands were tied behind her back, her mouth stuffed with a wad of cloth. A lingering numbness in her limbs reminded her of the drug; she was weak, barely able to move.

For a split second, she was transported back to the memory of her last kidnapping.

A cold shudder ran down her spine. Fear crept in, icy and relentless.

Suddenly, the metal door screeched open from the outside.

Blinding white light flooded the room. Then, as the door slammed shut, the space plunged back into gloom.

A muscular man in black jeans and a black shirt stalked in.

"Mmmph..."

The next instant, the cloth was yanked from Isadora's mouth.

The kidnapper wore a black mask, revealing only a pair of fierce, predatory eyes.

"Miss Vaughan. We meet again."

The voice sent a jolt of recognition through her. "It's you..."

"You slipped away last time. This time, you won't get so lucky."

"Who sent you? If it's

little cocktail, and that

helpless form. She

out, his hand extending toward Isadora's

in the doorway—a tall

who showed up last time put half of us in the hospital for months. We're just here for the money. Once we get paid, we're out of

his hand back

a woman was shoved through the door-elegant, statuesque, and

flashed a sly, twisted grin. "Well, look at that. Magnus's past and present all in one place.

a moment. Then both men stepped out, slamming

stood tall and untouched, her hands free, her poise unbroken. She looked down

the wall-her clothes filthy and

about this

what the kidnappers said, both she and

only one in such a miserable

no see, Isadora,” Elise

engage. This was not

gave a dry, mirthless laugh. "Oh, come on. Every time you act

Crack!

blossomed across

Isadora gasped.

Elise seized her hair, yanking her head up until their eyes

though Elise might rip her

touch me! Magnus

laughed, the sound brittle. But

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