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“Alex” Mikhail splays his hands “Tell me what I can do to help”

“Nothing for now,” I bite out, leaving the roo the door behind me

I’or catch up

“We’ll find her,” Leonid says “If she’s on her way to the airport, she won’t get far You have enough connections to prevent the plane fro off”

Yes, I do But even if she’s already in the air, I’ll find her, and when I do, there will be hell to pay

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Kate

My mouth is dry when I wake up It takes a moment to focus ht on the concrete walls and floor The only furniture is the bed I’ on

My stomach twists What happened? Where am I?

I try to sit up, butmy neck, I take in the handcuffs around my wrists

In a flash, it all comes back—the accident, the man who shot Dania’s driver and then injected

My pulse speeds up What does he want from me? Either he’s kidnapped me for ransom, or he’s the man ants Alex dead If the latter is the case, I don’t have to wonder hard why he took me A shiver runs over my body

Who is he? Being in the dark only ht now, I have no power All I have left is control Losing my calm isn’t an option I have to breathe and keep a level head to figure out a way to escape

Deep breaths, Kate In and out Focus

The sound of a key scraping in a lock comes from the other side of the door I strain s open, and a nize enters A waistcoat stretches over his corpulent torso Thinning gray hair frames his round face He watches me with narrowed eyes as he advances to the bed

Whoever he is, this man is evil It’s evident in the excitely features as he takes into hide my fear

Towering over me, he says in a thick Russian accent, “Youhere”

No longer able to support the weight of my head with my neck muscles, I let my head fall back on the mattress “The question has crossed my mind”

He seeratulate you You’re very calm for someone in your situation”

I’lad he thinks so “Who are you? Where am I?”