Chapter 126 Madeline tried to keep her balance during the free fall.
The building was more than fifty meters in height as she estimated. The night wind brushed against her face, impeding her from opening her eyes.
It was a good thing the weather was good today because she had great visibility of her surroundings.
Madeline quickly observed the situation on the ground.
Spotting a great place to land, Madeline pressed the third button on her blouse.
The parachute sewn between the layers of her blouse was deployed.
It was a success!
Madeline finally felt relieved when the parachute came on.
Her clothes were specially altered. A parachute was folded and sewed to the back of her blouse. Due to the lightweight fabric, the parachute was well hidden among the fabric.
Nevertheless, the thin parachute could not hold much capacity of weight and distance of landing.
Fortunately, the height between the roof and visible ground level was not too bad. Otherwise, Madeline could get hurt from the drop despite having a parachute.
Counting her lucky stars, Madeline tugged onto the rope of the parachute as she prepared for landing.
Moments before her safe descent, an arrow struck the parachute, cutting a hole through the fabric.
Hanging onto the parachute, Madeline immediately lost control.
With the parachuteâs air resistance disrupted, gravity sucked Madeline to the ground.
âAh!â She let out a shriek and crashed onto the ground along with the parachute.
Due to the high drop, Madeline lay on the ground, suspecting she might have broken her bones.
Before she could get up, a pair of black leather boots appeared before her eyes.
âI was so nice to you, and yet you tried to run. Youâre not a good girl.â
The man said and carried Madeline over his shoulder. He stuffed her into a truck on the side of the road.
It was the cold storage compartment.
Madeline got a ringing sound in her ear from the impact of landing. There was nothing she could do as she was hurled into the cold storage.
âWell, letâs do things differently since youâre not playing nice. You have six hours to live judging by the temperature of the storage. Iâll notify Mr. Quincy to rescue you here if he hands over my brother, Lone Fox. What do you say?â
The man in black joked around with Madeline, but his eyes reflected a gruesome intent to murder.
âForget it. Iâm no use as a threat to Noah.â Taking her time at sitting up, Madeline dejectedly remarked.
âWeâll know when we do it. Arenât you curious too? Will Noah yield for you? How far of a distance will he go for you?â
Madeline was without a word.
She reached out and held herself by the arms.
The cold inside the storage gave her lucidity in mind.
Was she a weakness to Noah?
She was not at all curious. All she knew was that she would be dead in less than six hours in the freezing storage because she was injured.
âSo Lone Fox is your brother, huh? So, does that mean youâre Lone Wolf?â Madeline pulled her collar to retain her body warmth.
By then, the man standing at the door had changed the topic.
âThat took you some time, pretty lady. I thought you had it figured out a long time ago.â
While chatting with Madeline, Lone Wolf whipped out his phone and proceeded to shoot a new video.
It occurred to him that the freezer compartment made a better backdrop. Madelineâs pitiful look behind the camera could tug on any manâs heartstrings.
The man thought with delight. He narcissistically believed he could not come up with a more perfect script and background.
âIâm sorry. I thought Lone Wolf was a grizzled old man before I met you. Lone Wolf has never shown his face in public before. Iâm surprised that you turned out to be a child.â
Madeline observed the situation in the storage before fixating on Lone Wolf.
She was surrounded by ice. The only way out of the place was the door.
Alas, Lone Wolf was in the way. Besides, he was likely to shut the door and leave once he was done shooting the video.
Her clock was ticking.
âWho are you calling a child?â Lone Wolf was not too happy to be labeled a child.
âIâm complimented on your young looks. What? Is that not good enough for you? Oh, Lone Wolf. I know where your brother is.
How about I break him out, and we go our separate ways? How does that sound to you?â
Madeline sounded him out.
Lone Wolf did not seem to mind as he was focused on sorting out the video. He did not even spare her a glance.
âOh, were you going to say that my brother is locked up in Dylan Felchâs laboratory in Golden Dome International District?â
âYou know?â Madeline was surprised.
âI mentioned that I know everything that is to know in the world.â Lone Wolf was confident in that fact.
While they were engaged in a conversation, Lone Wolf sent the newly- shot video to Noah.
âI simply want leverage against Noah. Hereâs some advice. Stop the unnecessary struggle. Otherwise, youâre going to end up hurt. Iâll feel bad.â
Silence ensued.
Lone Wolf might be goofing off and a nutcase, but he was rather observant. Hearing this, Madeline quietly curled her fingers away from her bracelet.
Her little stunt did not escape the eyes of one of the top ten killers in the world.
The door to the cold storage was slammed shut.
The temperature in the storage unit began to drop drastically.
The biting cold went straight to her bones. It did not take long for her hands to feel numb.
Noah brought Thomas along to speed off on the road.
By the time they arrived at the location where Madelineâs phone signal was last seen, all that was left behind was her car.
Wayne was already scouring the nearby area with his men. With Noah arrived on the scene, he went up to report the progress to him.
âSir, weâve looked all around, but we canât track Ms. Grant down. I noticed a suspicious figure when I looked into the surveillance tape.
Wayne paused the surveillance footage and magnified the image. It showed the side profile of a man with a black cap.
He remembered this guy. Carrying orders to intervene, Wayne came face-
to-face with the man at the hairpin turn, but the man managed to escape unscathed.
Wayne had been tracking the person down ever since.
That was why Wayne screenshotted the image when he spotted the man in the surveillance footage.
It was a shame that all Wayne found was a barely visible side profile in the ten-minute footage.
Since the man shared a resemblance to the killer before, Wayne felt the need to report it to Noah.
âThe Hershey Hairpin killer?â Noah looked at the screenshot. His heart sank.
Did he abduct Madeline?
Related posts: