When She Rose From the Ashes

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.

behind the hospital, Sharon whispered

the men nearby hesitated. “If we set it on fire, you’ll get

won’t let anything happen to me. What about Natalie?

hidden?”

toward the shadows

her paralyzed and mute. All she could do was watch, wide–eyed,

“Mr. Luke only sees you. As soon as the fire starts, he’ll

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here. By the time he realizes she’s missing, she’ll already be ashes. No one will ever fight you

said with

turned her gaze toward

finally going to die. But before that, let me give

but her limbs refused to

What could she do?

really going to

Phantom had realized by now that

must know she’s

a shred of care for her, he would have people looking

in Sharon’s face, Natalie felt every last hope drain

the pile

an instant, flames shot

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

went wild, kicking open the door to the

“Sharon! Where are you?!”

“Jensen, help me! Cough—cough!”

out between coughs, her voice

to untie her. He lifted her into his arms

exit.

be scared. I’ve got

entire world was Sharon. He didn’t spare a single glance

she had to make the smallest noise