apter 22 Fire in the Bones

Chapter 22 Fire in the Bones

She immediately tried calling Baron again, but the call still wouldn’t go

Panicked, Phantom fired off a message.

through.

“Mr. Baron, Ms. Summers is missing. We’ve lost contact with our people too. What do we do?”

The message vanished into the void with no response.

Frustrated and desperate, Phantom hurried back to call Jensen.

Just then, Jensen’s phone lit up with an unfamiliar number.

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“Mr. Luke,” a distorted voice said, “I’ve got your woman. If you want her alive, bring fifty million to the abandoned warehouse behind the hospital. Don’t be late, or I can’t guarantee what might happen.”

The voice changer masked the caller’s identity, but the moment the words ended, Sharon’s voice came through.

“Jensen, help me!”

“Sharon!”


Jensen sprang to his feet and immediately ordered his men to prepare the money. He shouted into the phone, “If you lay one finger on her, I swear I’ll make you wish you were never born!”

But the line went dead.

Jensen rushed out.

As he ran, his phone rang again. Seeing Phantom’s name flash on the screen, he dismissed the call without a second thought.

Natalie was just recovering. She wasn’t in any real danger. But Sharon had been kidnapped. Her health was fragile–what if the shock made things worse?

Without hesitation, Jensen chose Sharon.

hospital, Sharon whispered under

we set it on fire, you’ll get hurt

fine,” Sharon said confidently. “Jensen won’t let anything happen to me. What about Natalie?

hidden?”

the

system left her paralyzed and mute. All she

said. “Mr. Luke only sees you. As soon as the


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won’t even notice Natalie’s here. By the time he realizes she’s missing, she’ll already be ashes. No one will ever

said with a satisfied

turned her gaze toward

before that, let me give you a good

pounding, but her limbs refused to

What could she do?

going to die

by now that she was

know


shred of care for

in Sharon’s face, Natalie

the pile

instant, flames shot

Sharon cough uncontrollably. Natalie, too, was choked by the smoke, but she

the building ablaze, he went wild, kicking open the

“Sharon! Where are you?!”

“Jensen, help me! Cough—cough!”

called out between coughs, her voice wavering

rushed over to untie

exit.

scared. I’ve got

He didn’t spare a single glance


every ounce of strength she had

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