The Wrong Woman

Chapter 59

The woman’s words were cut short because some of the pirates already had their rifles aimed at her.

The next instant, gunshots punctured the air, terrifying everyone. except for the pirates. They fired several times, and the woman collapsed in a mushy puddle of blood and flesh.

Screams filled the air. No one had the guts to move.

Terrified, Suzanne felt that her palms had turned clammy. Feeling Oliver’s hand on her shoulder, she gently pushed his hand away from

her.

“Don’t move,” Oliver said under his breath, his tone anxious.

Gingerly, Suzanne raised her eyes to look at the pirate who spoke.

Just like the other pirates, he wore a mask. He was pacing around as he looked carefully at all of the antiques that were on display.

A moment later, he spoke slowly in Dorzanian. “The waters are mi Everything you have here belongs to me now. Your money, jewe and antiques are all mine.”

He added, “But these aren’t that important. What I want is a gram hydronium. Who has it? Give it to me.”

Suzanne was even more shocked to hear the pirate say that he wanted hydronium.

to me, I’ll provide you a speedboat to get you out of here safely. If you can’t give me what I want, I’ll kill a person for every

listened to him the more unsettled she became.

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then, she heard Oliver

glanced at him in astonishment. How did he know that she could understand

from her expression, Oliver knew that she was confused, so he explained, “You have had a knack for languages since you were young. When you left me back then, you’d

hearing his explanation.” When I was young? Eight languages?”

by her reply, Oliver took a moment

were twenty-two,” he told her. “You were quite young.”

know this fact about herself, yet Oliver knew it fairly well. She was about to sink

fired.

actually kept to their word and started killing a person for every minute that passed.

In Dorzanian, she said, “Stop it. They don’t

but couldn’t find the pers who spoke. He asked, “Oh, really? I thought Dorzanian was well- known. Well then, why don’t you stand up

so out of fear that her life might be in danger. However, she yanked her hand away from him.

moment she stood up, the head of the pirates was taken by surprise by her beauty.

“Ah, it’s a sensible woman with courage and beauty.”

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him appear more suave. “Hey, pretty, translate what I just said to them. If you do a good job at it and help me get the hydronium I want, I can