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.

back from her daze and hollered orders at

her mind whirling. This wasn't the way it was supposed to

the chair, semi-conscious. She grabbed her bag from a nearby table, slinging it over her shoulder.

in and out of traffic like a madman. Cars Blurred around him, their horns blaring in protest as he pushed his vehicle to its limits. His mind was in panic, but one thing was

die! Not like this! Not

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

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, Emma," he muttered through gritted teeth, his voice breaking under the weight of his emotions. "Please, just hold on.

their drivers ducked their heads, terrified. Mothers instinctively

Chapter 134

danger.

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hot tears streamed uncontrollably down his face. Tears rolled from his eyes as the realization

up,

"Emma!" he choked, shaking.

in her eyes, the desperation in her voice. The

explosion wears off. The cars start to move, and

of it. His eyes remained glued to the towering structure, W2 Holdings, now a

as he approached. Crowds of onlookers had gathered; their faces filled with disbelief and horror. Smoke