Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 134

Chapter 134

"You shouldn't have played this game with me, handsome," she said, malice dripping in her voice. Look at you now, You don't look so good. Where are they?"

Jim's swollen eyes flickered open; he breathed laboriously. Though he was in pain, he was able to force a faint, pitiful smile. "I don't know," he croaked. "He doesn't tell me anything"

Annie's jaw tightened, her fury simmering just beneath the surface. She leaned closer, her lips brushing his ear as the whispered, "Wrong answer, darling."

he straightened and slapped him hard across the face, the sound echoing through the empty warehouse, Jim groaned, his Read snapping to the side, fresh blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"Please," he rasped, his voice trembling with desperation. "Let me live. I'm sorry."

His words infuriated Annie even further. She raised her hand, ready to strike him again. But before she could strike him, though, a deafening roar sounded in the distance. The ground around her feet trembled, and wave of heat and dust swept through the warehouse. The men shouted in panic, stumbling as the tremor knocked them off balance.

Annie stared around in shock and confusion. Panic set into her heart.

"What the hell was that?" she muttered.

daze and hollered orders at her men,

towards the door. Annie didn't move for a second, her mind whirling. This wasn't the way it was supposed to go. Something had clearly gone terribly wrong, and she needed

flicked to Jim, slumped against the chair, semi-conscious. She grabbed her bag from a nearby

wheel and wove in and out of traffic like a madman. Cars Blurred around him, their horns blaring in protest as he pushed

die! Not like

himself on composure. But then again, this wasn't a This fear was unlike anything he'd ever felt before regular situation; this was Emma, his Emma, the woman who had always being was within him, even when apart. Memories of her flashed

caving in as he gripped the steering wheel tighter, his knuckles turning white. He couldn't lose Emma, not like this. Not after all the mistakes he'd made, not when he hadn't had the chance to make things right. "Hold on,

in the air. Cars screeched to stops and their drivers ducked their heads, terrified. Mothers instinctively threw themselves on their children and shielded them from the unseen 12:45 Fri, 3 Jan

Chapter 134

danger.

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his breath hitched. Searing hot tears streamed uncontrollably down his face. Tears rolled from his

her up, he'd shown

"Emma!" he choked, shaking.

eyes, the desperation in her voice. The

of the explosion wears off.

of it. His eyes remained glued to the towering

Crowds of onlookers had gathered; their faces filled with disbelief