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 her breath, “Jensen’s here. Light

the men nearby hesitated. “If we set

won’t let anything happen to

hidden?”

the shadows behind

in her system left her paralyzed and mute. All she could do was watch, wide–eyed, as Sharon

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


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

with a satisfied

her gaze

to die. But before that, let me give

panicked, heart pounding, but

What could she do?

going

had realized by now that she was

know she’s


even a shred of care for

face, Natalie felt every last hope drain

pile of flammable

instant,

making Sharon cough uncontrollably. Natalie, too, was choked by the smoke, but she couldn’t even cry

building ablaze, he went wild, kicking

“Sharon! Where are you?!”

“Jensen, help me! Cough—cough!”

out between coughs, her voice

to untie her. He lifted her into his

exit.

be scared. I’ve

entire world was Sharon. He didn’t


she had to make the smallest noise

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