Chapter 72

ACEIA'S POV

My head was hammering when I woke up, like a relentless hammer, causing unbearable pain. The agony in my brain was getting closer to breaking, so I tried to get up and looked around as it did.

Alison and I ended up sitting on the ground, tied, and surrounded by rusting, run-down cars in an abandoned car factory.

I had no idea where we were.

I had flashbacks to Alison, and I went for ice cream, but they were cut short as Marthina barged in holding a gun.

After being made to sign a document and given a numbing agent, our bodies passed out. As we awoke, the terrible truth of our imprisonment became apparent.

There was one thing we knew for sure: Marthina had planned our kidnapping. Her intentions were still unclear, but she acted with malice in her eyes.

Turning to the sound of Alison’s soft sobs, I took a deep breath to compose myself, resisting the urge to succumb to fear.

The uncertainty of impending help gnawed at me. All I could hope for was that Hudson was actively searc