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Then it dawned on us I listened to a very one sided conversation, trying to figure out exactly as going on Then Angus looked up and saatching hi up He looked athis phone I'ain I think he's been abducted Possibly by Anne"

I felt sick

"This is my fault," I said

"It's Anne's fault," he said sternly "If you want to blame anyone else, blame me I should have foreseen this"

"How could anyone foresee so like this?" I asked incredulously

"Exactly," he said fully, and I knew he meant that I couldn't be held responsible either I was deeply grateful to hius s fro to fetch you tonight to take you back to Russia I can't risk leaving you undefended, us Please don't do this alone Let ed, al alone," he said softly, noting my distress He envelopedwith hed with relief I'd seen Oliver fight a couple of days ago, and he was, no exaggeration, a coer and killed with disturbing proficiency Fergus and Marcus had us I almost felt sorry for Mark's abductors They were so screwed

I just hoped Angus and Oliver found them in time

Mark

The woman in the driver's seat eventually introduced herself as Anne, and I realised the significance of this abduction We'd decapitated her lover, her partner and she was out for revenge Bu to die

Then I decided that there was no point in dwelling on that kind of thing while I was still alive, and there was still ti eighty oon next to ers wrapped around my upper arm Plus there was theto see out the back of my head