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Chapter 81; Bella’s Escape

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The cold, damp air in the second hideout was suffocating. Bella sat in the corner of a dimly lit room, her wrists sore from the bindings and her body aching from hours of tension. Monica’s men were careless, leaving her bound to a single chair without watching her closely. They assumed she was too helpless to escape, but they had underestimated her.

She listened intently to the muffled voices in the next room, straining to catch snippets of their conversation. Monica wasn’t there. She had left hours ago, likely moving forward with her plan while leaving her minions to guard Bella.

Bella shifted in her chair, testing the looseness of the ropes around her wrists. *If I can just...* She wriggled her hands carefully, the rough fibers chafing her skin. A metal nail sticking out of the chair's armrest caught her eye.

Slowly, carefully, she angled her wrists toward the sharp point, dragging the rope against it. The process was agonizingly slow, each motion requiring stealth to avoid de
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