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.

he reached the warehouse behind the hospital, Sharon whispered under her

“If we set it on

fine,” Sharon said confidently. “Jensen won’t let anything happen to

hidden?”

glanced toward the shadows behind

Natalie had just woken up. But the drug in her system left her paralyzed and mute. All she

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


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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 fight

said with a

her gaze toward

to die. But before that, let me

heart pounding, but her limbs refused

What could she do?

really going to

had realized by

know


still held even a shred of care for her,

the smug confidence in Sharon’s face, Natalie felt every last

lit the pile

instant,

uncontrollably. Natalie, too, was choked by the smoke,

he went wild, kicking open the door to

“Sharon! Where are you?!”

“Jensen, help me! Cough—cough!”

between coughs,

tied to a chair and rushed over to untie her. He lifted her into

exit.

be scared.

didn’t spare a single glance at anything


ounce of strength she had to make the smallest noise

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