s mind was a whirlwind of thoughts,where was Elena? Had Alex harmed her already? His fingers

ll came. Ju

as urgent. "Bos

stiffened. "

asn't a news of Elena bei

before exhaling heavily. "I

felt surreal, like a distant echo. Then, real

nocking over his glass of wh

d the once-grand mansion, their wicked tongues licking at the sky. Smoke billowed in t

reflected in his dark eyes, but he didn't flinch. He stood there,

"That bastard Alex did thi

the situation. Alex had taken Elena. And now, he had torched his

double the search

red in soot, blood dripping from a wound on his forehead.

ed, falling to his knees

ening around the note as he read

hould've killed me whe

on pin,coordinates lead

es darkened

forward. "What

ing the note in his palm. "He

So, what's the next step? Should

s mind was already three

, he has Elena! We should

ing, he'll stay hidden. But if we act like we don't care,if we stop looking,he'll lo

ization dawned. "So, we mak

thinks he's won... t

about the police? The press? They'

olice. Keep the press distrac

ded. "Und

car, his gaze never left the

r move, Alex. N

-

re in t

red awake. Her memory rushed back like a crashing wave,the fir

ctively brushed ov

d how she was abducted from the party to his house and then the

mber and from the look of things she knew it was an ai

were

eized h

to process before th

l smirk plastered across his face. "I know you're a

at her,her long neck both intrigued him and made him won

eisty even after everyth

observing her with an intens

you're my target." He turned around about to leave the

sn't need a reason to make

. He hadn't

hed,a deep, g

me, I'm not interested in you like that." He waved a

him, fury bubb

ake one thing very clear,you're less than a

inside Ele

bbed the nearest pillow a

less but the sheer audaci

er, lips parti

amusemen

at," he

rd the door. Before leaving, he bark

be doing, getting out of my s

hut behind him, le

eavy,her hands flying to her neck which

wasn'

a lon