The Bound Between Us

Chapter 887

Herman tried calling Anastasia again. This time, her phone was off.

She never turned off her phone. Ever since she became a mom, unless her

battery died, her phone always stayed on. Even if she was furious with him, she'd

ignore his calls, but she wouldn't just switch the thing off.

He remembered seeing her phone at full charge before she left. It'd barely been

two hours. No way the battery was dead.

A cold dread settled in his gut.

Three unanswered calls later, Herman's worry turned into certainty: something

was wrong.

He called Monica, hoping maybe Anastasia had gone to her. No luck-Monica

hadn't seen her either.

Nelson jogged over, a little out of breath. "Mr. Salstrom, I asked the security at the

gate. They said Mrs. Salstrom left in a taxi, headed north."

"Find out that taxi's license plate. Now," Herman ordered, his voice sharp. "And

get Dailey over here."

But the car had left right from the banquet entrance, just outside the cameras'

reach. None of the guards got the plate number. Tracking her by the taxi was

probably pointless.

Herman quickly tried to locate Anastasia's phone.

Half an hour later, following the last signal, Herman drove out toward the northern

There, in the weeds, he found

was gone. Just like

showed up soon after. "Boss, I checked-nothing from Asher tonight.

movement at all."

come after Anastasia

Asher

if it wasn't Asher, then

been missing for nearly an hour. A

his nerves

cam footage from this road.

said, gripping the shattered

eyes were cold

was suffocating-like someone had a

around his throat.

Meanwhile, somewhere far away-

wrists and ankles

except her own pounding

crept in, cold

flickered: an hour

charity dinner,

to

into a

strange drowsiness

over her.

something had been wrong

the chip? Or was it Sandy,

didn't know who had taken her. She just knew

she tried to feel

There was a stone

if she

could hear water

A cave? Where

they taken her?

footsteps echoed nearby. Anastasia

listen.

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