Chapter 217: Chapter 231

Chapter 0231 “Shut her up before someone else sees,” David barked, A cloth was pressed over my mouth and nose before I could scream again. I held my breath, trying to fight it, but eventually, I had to inhale. The world began to spin, and darkness crept in at the edges of my vision.

The last thing I saw before losing consciousness was the night sky, the stars t**ng above me as a pair of strong arms carried me away.

When I came to, I was in motion. The low rumble of an engine and the feeling of movement told me I was in a car, although I couldn’t see anything. My hands were bound behind my back, and a rough fabric bag was over my head.

Panic surged through me as the events of the night came rushing back. I had to get out of here.

I started kicking wildly, my feet connecting with something solid-probably the back of the seat in front of me, “Fuck. She’s awake,” a gruff voice said from nearby.

“Just keep driving,” another voice-David’s-replied. “We’re almost there.”

I redoubled my efforts, thrashing and kicking with all my might. My foot connected with something that gave way with a satisfying ***k, a feral growl ripping from my bloodied lips.

“Da****it!” the driver cursed. “She broke the tail light, the little ***h!”

“It doesn’t matter,” David said calmly. “When we get paid, you can buy a whole new car.”

“F***k a car,” the driver said with a chuckle. “I’m going somewhere warm and getting one of those motorbikes. What are they called... Vespas?”

“Vespas are for girls,” I heard David retort.

Their casual demeanor left me infuriated, although when I tried to reach for my wolf’s strength again, it was useless; the drugs they had given me had weakened me too much, only leaving me able to scream and snarl like a feral animal..

“Let me go!” I shouted, my voice mu***d by the bag. “You won’t get away with this, you ***ds!”

“Oh, shut up,” David said, almost like an annoyed sibling. “Or we’ll have to sedate you again.”

I did shut up after that, if only to keep my head clear enough to plan an escape. I don’t know how long we drove. It could have been minutes or hours. With the bag over my head and the plastic zip ties cutting into my wrists, time seemed to lose all meaning.

Finally, the car came to a stop. I heard doors opening, footsteps crunching on what sounded like gravel.

Then, hands were grabbing me and pulling me roughly from the car. As soon as my feet hit the ground, I tried to run. But with my hands bound and my vision obscured, I only managed a few stumbling steps before someone caught me.

1/2 +25 BONUS Chapter 0531 “Nice try,” a gruff voice sneered in my ear. “But you’re not going anywhere.”

I was half-dragged, half-carried across uneven ground. The sound of rushing water grew louder with each step.

“Where are you taking me?” I demanded, still struggling against their grip.

“You’ll see soon enough,” David’s voice replied.

Suddenly, I was thrown onto hard ground and the bag was yanked off of my head. I blinked in the sudden brightness, my eyes slowly adjusting to the light of the full moon.

I was kneeling on hard stones at the edge of a cliff. To my left, an enormous waterfall raged and cascaded over the cliffside. At my back were dense woods, the trees stretching up toward the starry sky.

My gaze darted around, taking in my surroundings and looking for any chance of an escape route. But I was surrounded by men on one side and met with nothing but a sheer dropoff into a rocky water basin on the other side.

And then I saw him.

“Jake?” I breathed.

He stood at the center of the group, flanked by several other men I recognized from the years-men who, I had assumed, were all his lovers.

But the Jake I saw now was nothing like the charming man I had once known as Amber’s fiance. I didn’t know what was going on here, but it was far more than a case of a closeted man cheating on his girlfriend.

His face was twisted into a cruel smirk as he looked down at me. Slowly, he crouched down, bringing. himself to my eye level.

“Hello, Hannah,” he sneered, eyeing my bikini. “I see you’re already dressed for a swim.”