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I started to run, run as fast as I could

“Motherfucker!” Benton screaht besidefor you—”

I ignored the Malevolent who rushedI watched Benton and his crew leave the ca containing the bones of someone else “Ben—”

A hand was clasped over ue An arm crossed over my throat, and I was immediately choked And just like the moment when I was captured, I was slowly pulled to the earth, the height of the trees surroundinginto oblivion

When I opened my eyes, I was back in s below lowed above my bed, and the darkness from thetold me several hours had passed

And then Claire’s face caht “Constance, are you okay?” Her sweet voice enteredup in this hell much easier “Mom, her eyes are open”

Beatrice’s face appeared next “You okay? The Malevolent put you in here… We didn’t knohat happened”

I blinked a couple ti back toto hold on to “Yeah, I’ht at s “I… The helicopter” I turned to Beatrice, re the scene clearly “I heard a helicopter”

“Yes, I heard it too” She sat besidethe hidden zipper and pulling it down so the material fell from s could be, and the first thing anted to do ere in our cabins was take them off

Flashbacksthat was taken with him when he departed The rest was a blur because I had been taken down, a heavy arm pressed into my throat so all I could do was collapse Once the vision left, I looked at Beatrice, stared at her with a fresh mind

She seemed to understand me telepathically because she turned to Claire “Baby, could you give us a minute?”

“But is she okay?” Claire asked, still looking atwas all that mattered to her

I forced a s those same blue eyes that Benton had, that same blond hair The rest of her features were from Beatrice, but she definitely had a lot fro the way her father had been dragged away…heartbroken “I’m fine, sweetheart Don’t worry about me”