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Chapter 66

Author: Mary Gilliam
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-30 00:37:39

Why didn’t I lock the doors? Why didn’t I lock the doors? Olympia kept repeating to herself after the man closed the driver’s side door and locked them inside. She attempted to escape by exiting her side of the Hummer, only to find her hair being snatched by a rough hand. She was soon hauled back and promptly ordered not to do it again.

As they sped down the street she glanced out the back window, looking for Xavier, locking gazes with him just as he stopped running behind the Hummer. At least he knew what had happened. He would come after them. She reminded herself of that each time panic began to swell out of control, threatening to paralyze her.

She cast a sideways glance at the man, who was driving as if the hounds of hell were chasing him. His hands were gripping the steering wheel so hard that his knuckles were white, and Olympia knew that if she tried to jump from the Hummer now she’d probably be killed.

He was young and handsome, yet the twisted expression on his face was a ma
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