So, he swallowed his objections, picked up the children, cast one last backward glance, and made his escape.

However, on the cusp of losing his captives, the trafficker was spurred to action, his eyes blazing in fury.

With a growl, he brutally shoved Ariana out of the way.

Ariana stumbled slightly, and he took the opportunity to thrust his knife into her shoulder.

Then, he kicked her aside before sprinting after Remy and the children.

Pain instantly seared through Ariana’s shoulder, but she gritted her teeth and endured it, paying no heed to the warm blossom of blood seeping from the wound.

She whirled toward the trafficker, staunch in holding his attention and diverting him from reaching Remy and the children.

spotted her intervening again and lost sight of the

closed in on

to rise in Ariana’s chest, and she immediately turned tail and ran, the trafficker giving

pounding against the

as she could, eventually

head was spinning, her vision

it were about to

against a derelict wall and slowly sank to the ground, gasping

one hand clutching her wounded shoulder, she trembled all over, trepidation making her palms clammy, and

with

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