Jasmine talked to Layla

★★★★★

“Sir, I swear, I’m not lying,” the man gasped, his voice strained as Damon’s grip lifted him off the ground, his feet barely touching the floor. “I don’t know where she is. We saw her come into this room, but… but she never came out. I don’t understand it either, I—” The man’s words faltered as Damon’s hold tightened, his fear now mingling with confusion.

Damon’s eyes blazed with fury, his voice low and venomous as he spat out his words. “She’s not a ghost. Someone took her, and you’re telling me you have no idea? In a hospital you work at? You think I’m going to believe that? You know this place inside out, and you know the people who run it. So start talking, or I’ll make you wish you had.”

The man’s breath came in shallow, panicked gasps as he struggled to speak. “There’s… there’s a basement,” he choked out, his voice barely audible. “It’s… it’s hidden, behind that wall. It leads to a tunnel that goes straight to the road behind the hospital. The road… it goes to the docks by