Chapter 447

Mia tried to dodge, but the man's sharp gaze locked onto her like a predator. "Don't run," he sneered. "Let me take good care of you."

Her heartbeat pounded violently, her breath hitching in terror.

Before she could react, another figure appeared behind her.

A cloth was pressed tightly over her nose and mouth.

A sickly sweet, chemical scent flooded her senses-ether.

Within seconds, darkness consumed her.

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The Grand Lyric Theater - Back Entrance

The heavy wooden doors creaked open as a man carried a large burlap sack over his shoulder and loaded it into a van.

Inside, the sounds of the opera continued uninterrupted.

The actress's haunting voice rang out again, her song rising above the frantic percussion, filling the grand hall with tragic beauty.

The van cut through the bustling streets, passing by the towering Reynolds Corporation headquarters before heading straight toward Adams University.

But instead of stopping at the university gates, the vehicle pulled into a hotel parking lot across the street.

The doors swung open, and the man carried the sack into the building's underground storage area.


Mia woke up with a sharp inhale.

Her wrists and ankles were bound tightly to a chair, the rough rope cutting into her skin as she struggled.

eyes, she saw a man standing before her,

him felt

in her mouth was yanked out. She coughed, her throat dry

are you? Why did you take me? Do you

first thing people say when they get kidnapped is always some pointless threat? You know you're not getting out of

Mia's face turned pale.

wasn't physically intimidating his features were clean

a deep, jagged scar that twisted across his

It was ugly. Disturbing.

it sent a strange chill down

the


do you want? I'm from the Reynolds family. My brother is Zachary

man let out a quiet, mocking laugh.

"Do you think we kidnapped you without knowing exactly who you are?

Mia's thoughts raced.

The message...

from her grandfather, telling her

he was

then she

the message part of

very beginning, someone had been setting

But who?

didn't answer Mia's question. Instead,

the real reason


skipped

"What?"

his words, the door swung

entered, dragging a woman with them.

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