The Unshackled Queen: Never Say Never by Gilbert Soysal

Atticus’s eyes brightened as he quickly pulled out his phone.

“Then let’s call the police to come help us.

”

Hannah looked at him with pity.

“You’ve been on the island for days before us.

Haven’t you tried to contact the outside world?”

As Atticus dialed, he replied, “I was terrified yesterday.

I didn’t think to call the police.

Why can’t I get through?”

After several failed attempts, Atticus’s expression darkened.

“There are signal blockers here.

We’ve tested it.

We can communicate among ourselves on the island, but getting a message out or calling for help is impossible.

”

Bang!

The phone slipped from Atticus’s hand and fell on the floor as he looked up in shock.

“So… we’re just going to wait for our death here?”

Hannah replied, “It’s not exactly waiting for death.

agreement means he isn’t planning to kill us

a twisted game, which shows he’s cold-blooded

dealing with someone who has serious mental issues,

his

were truly mentally ill,

like

”

“He’s not intellectually impaired.

like he has a mental disorder akin to

may seem perfectly normal on the surface, maybe even

”

Atticus heard Hannah’s

to be

”

‘kind’ comfort, “I suggest

if he decides to kill you, it’ll likely be after

of suspicion, you’re guaranteed to die before

before us, don’t blame

”

Atticus gulped loudly.

looked at Hannah with eyes full of fear,

such chilling words so matter-of-factly? Was she starting to seem more like the

we could technically fulfill your condition by taking your corpse

”

the hell were these people? Atticus

with anger internally, yet he masked it

this

focus on devising an

communication signals are blocked, and the boat is out of commission,” Hannah explained

is to participate

must figure out a way to win that game if we’re going to secure