Chapter 73

GRACIE

I ran blindly, my heart pounded frantically against my ribcage, my veins surged with adrenaline mixed with fear, I couldn’t really see each turn I made around the mansion, it was dark, where were the lights?, I needed to Hazel and get out of this place.

I couldn’t imagine the trauma she must be in now, if she was scared, if right now she was crying for me or Hayden.

Hayden…

Oh god, I wondered if he has realized that we’ve been kidnapped, I’ve never needed him as I did right now. I should never have left, but it was already too late to regret that. Right now I have to fight for myself and Hazel, at the same time I would be fighting for him.

My feet slowed to a halt as I reached a dead end, I cried out my frustration.

It was too late to turn around. The footsteps were getting louder, it was only a matter of seconds before they get to me.

“Here we are, aren’t we?”

I whirled around to be met face to face with the man I had seen just