apter 22 Fire in the Bones
Chapter 22 Fire in the Bones
She immediately tried calling Baron again, but the call still wouldn’t go
Panicked, Phantom fired off a message.
through.
“Mr. Baron, Ms. Summers is missing. We’ve lost contact with our people too. What do we do?”
The message vanished into the void with no response.
Frustrated and desperate, Phantom hurried back to call Jensen.
Just then, Jensen’s phone lit up with an unfamiliar number.
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“Mr. Luke,” a distorted voice said, “I’ve got your woman. If you want her alive, bring fifty million to the abandoned warehouse behind the hospital. Don’t be late, or I can’t guarantee what might happen.”
The voice changer masked the caller’s identity, but the moment the words ended, Sharon’s voice came through.
“Jensen, help me!”
“Sharon!”
Jensen sprang to his feet and immediately ordered his men to prepare the money. He shouted into the phone, “If you lay one finger on her, I swear I’ll make you wish you were never born!”
But the line went dead.
Jensen rushed out.
As he ran, his phone rang again. Seeing Phantom’s name flash on the screen, he dismissed the call without a second thought.
Natalie was just recovering. She wasn’t in any real danger. But Sharon had been kidnapped. Her health was fragile–what if the shock made things worse?
Without hesitation, Jensen chose Sharon.
By the time he reached the warehouse behind the hospital, Sharon whispered under her breath, “Jensen’s here. Light it up.”
One of the men nearby hesitated. “If we set it on fire, you’ll get hurt too.”
“It’s fine,” Sharon said confidently. “Jensen won’t let anything happen to me. What about Natalie? Is she
hidden?”
She glanced toward the shadows behind her.
There, Natalie had just woken up. But the drug in her system left her paralyzed and mute. All she could do was watch, wide–eyed, as Sharon orchestrated everything.
“Don’t worry,” one of the men said. “Mr. Luke only sees you. As soon as the fire starts, he’ll run straight to
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you. He won’t even notice Natalie’s here. By the time he realizes she’s missing, she’ll already be ashes. No one will ever fight you for him again”
“Perfect.” Sharon said with a satisfied smile.
She turned her gaze toward Natalie.
“Natalie, you’re finally going to die. But before that, let me give you a good show.”
Natalic panicked, heart pounding, but her limbs refused to move.
What could she do?
Was she really going to die here?
Surely Phantom had realized by now that she was gone.
Jensen must know she’s missing.
If he still held even a shred of care for her, he would have people looking by now.
But seeing the smug confidence in Sharon’s face, Natalie felt every last hope drain away.
Someone lit the pile of flammable materials.
In an instant, flames shot up.
Thick smoke filled the air, making Sharon cough uncontrollably. Natalie, too, was choked by the smoke, but she couldn’t even cry out.
When Jensen saw the building ablaze, he went wild, kicking open the door to the warehouse.
“Sharon! Where are you?!”
“Jensen, help me! Cough—cough!”
Sharon called out between coughs, her voice wavering dramatically.
Jensen saw her tied to a chair and rushed over to untie her. He lifted her into his arms and bolted for the
exit.
“Don’t be scared. I’ve got you.”
His entire world was Sharon. He didn’t spare a single glance at anything else.
Natalie used every ounce of strength she had to make the smallest noise she could.
Jensen paused, turning slightly. “What was that?”
Just then, Sharon whimpered, “Jensen, it hurts.”
“Hold on. I’m getting you out now.”
Without a moment’s hesitation, Jensen carried Sharon out of the inferno.
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Natalie could only watch as he vanished from sight.
The temperature rose rapidly. She could smell her own skin beginning to burn.
A single tear slipped down her cheek.
Jensen falling in love with you was my death sentence.
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Her entire body ached as fire bit into her skin. Through the haze of pain, one last image surfaced in her mind Baron.
She still owed him that cufflink design. It felt like she’d never be able to deliver it now.
I’m sorry..
Just as her consciousness began to slip away, Sharon suddenly screamed, “Jensen! Natalie’s still inside! She’s in there!”
“What did you say?!”
Jensen’s eyes turned blood red in an instant.
At that moment, the warehouse roof, weakened by the flames, gave out with a deafening crash.
The building was swallowed in fire.
“No!”
Jensen’s cry ripped through the air as he hurled himself back into the blaze.
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