Chapter 40

Rachel

The helplessness of my current situation washed over me.

I tightened my clenched hands.

I can't give up now.

As long as there is hope, I can do anything.

I would be truly helpless if I just gave up like this.

Chase would have been looking for me, not to talk about my parents too.

I could remember how frightened my mother had been when I didn't come home for a night.

I smiled wryly.

I had promised my mother that I would give always give her an heads-up whenever I would stay the night outside our home.

I had broken my promise unwillingly.

I can not imagine how worried and stressed she would be at my absence.

"Hey Rufus, is that girl awake?" Jace asked and Noami hummed in agreement.

"I gave her a huge dose of chloroform, she is not going to wake up anytime soon." Rufus, the second man in the van said leisurely.

The breath I was holding finally came out in a calm and slow exhale.

Thankfully, they didn't come to where they put me to confirm that statement.

I felt a creepy gaze on my