Chapter 36

ISABELLA'S POV

Someone pinch me and tell me I'm dreaming.

I couldn't move.

I couldn't see.

I could breathe, but it was hard.

All I could remember were the last moments before I woke up in this unknown place.

A tall man dressed in all black snatched me into the alley, despite all my struggles. I learned a bit of karate when I was a kid, and those skills helped me throughout my life.

Apparently, not now.

I was tossed into the back of a truck, yelling and screaming frantically. It seemed no one cared.

Actually, they didn't.

When we drove for over 10 miles, I realized what was happening.

I was being kidnapped. I thought of my mom, my dreams, Holly, Maxwell. I thought of my life as I knew it.

“Who are you!? And what do you want with me?” I yelled from the partition that separated the back of the truck and the driver's seat.

The man who abducted me only smirked. “You'll find out soon, princess.” This was absolutely ridiculous.

I tried reaching for my phone, and that was when I realized