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She vowed to take one step at a time and to look for an opportunity to escape

If they took off the hood, she would be able to see

If they took off the gag, she’d be able to scream

Right now, she had to wait and stay calm

Breathe

The engine stopped

Now, she could hear her kidnappers

“Tie to the boss,” one of them said in a thick Russian accent

Boss? She needed inforetting out alive

The mobsters exited the car with two door slams that shook the entire vehicle

She heard the trunk lid open

The hood came off

Her eyes took a second to focus

The bald one with two arrinned wickedly “Hoas the ride, miss?”

“Be careful with this one, Karl” The other bastard had a head full of hair There was a deep, dark scar that ran froht eye and down his cheek “Look at the fire in our little sparrow’s eyes”