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.

in vain as the trafficker spotted her intervening again and lost sight

in

and she immediately turned tail and ran, the

in her ears, her feet pounding against the hard concrete as she ran for

as long as she could, eventually finding refuge in

head was spinning, her vision

entire body felt as though it were about to give out

a derelict wall and slowly sank to

over, trepidation making her palms clammy, and she silently prayed she had escaped to

it took her a while because her hands were slicked with blood and shaking violently. But then, she discovered her phone was turned off, likely due

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