Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

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."

trembled. "Who sent you? If it's money you want,

you took my little cocktail, and that

helpless form. She could see the

reached out, his hand

touch her, another man appeared in the doorway—a tall

the scarred man growled. "That guy who showed up last time put half of us in the hospital for

first kidnapper shrugged, pulling his hand back and rubbing

was shoved through the door-elegant, statuesque,

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

for a moment. Then both men stepped out, slamming the

her hands free, her poise unbroken. She

clothes filthy

about this felt

kidnappers said, both she and Elise

then, was she the only one in such a

time no see, Isadora,” Elise said

her face away, refusing to engage. This was not a situation where she held any

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

Crack!

whipped out, striking Isadora's cheek. Pain blossomed

Isadora gasped.

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

might rip her scalp clean

don't touch me! Magnus and I-we broke

laughed, the sound brittle. But