inst the iron grip of the man trying to drag her out. His rough hands yanked at h

ficult for me, huh?!" he barked

ay to escape-but before she could, the man grabbed her ankle and pulled her back with brute force. Her b

d she felt something warm trickling from her lips. Her vision blurre

n didn'

he would keep going until he

led her up again. "If all you wanted was to get

sheer venom in his voice

ou hadn't pissed them off by sticking your nose where it does

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what she had uncovered. Powerful men with clean reputations in public-y

aying the price for

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man onl

fist shot out, striki

apped to the side. White-hot pain seared through her skull, an

t. "Mercy isn't part of my job description. You had ten million d

lita finally got a good look at

ips, and his long, unkempt hair made him look even more menacing. But what terrified her the most was the jagged

thless killer she had se

e was his la

ove, his boot slamm

d her body as she clutched her midsection, but the man didn't le

stop pissing me off. Just shut

e to react before he dra

threw her against it, and this time, she felt so

lo

own b

up, but she refused to cry. She re

was coiling inside he

fool. A com

. She should've known that meddling wi

t a

. Was grocery shopping, watching movies, an

iet evening at home, she

e stumbled forward, but the man never loosened his grip. He didn't care if she got scr

someone be

er? Was there no part of him that h

p hard, reserving what little strength

en she

cli

ed out from the depths below, waves crashing against them in a relentle

licked b

knees, her hands pressed together in a desperate ple

orry, sweetheart. It's nothi

gun f

e bullet struck the grou

k, her heart hammeri

scare you? My client wants you to feel real fear before you

shot. The

er. The sound of gunfire shattered the st

k, her legs barely holding her weight. But the

eats came from an unidentified email address.

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blood from her mouth. The man had

as gr

if this was al

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e was t

n, and this time, t

h flesh. A second shot struck her left shoulde

me the f

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as she stared up at the dark sky. The mo

below, almost as i

ion. Her breath came i

her, checking her face. He w

sn't. N

last bu

aring pain i

body convulsing as t

ed. Her mind scream

was to

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ted as if she

d t

was f

embrace of the wind before her body c

swallowed

e that, Louel

into the abyss. She was yet another victim o

would ever k

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s wasn't

death, Louelita's

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