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“Sorry,” I whisper, still looking at the back of Jace’s head from outside the window.
Then I take off.
Hurrying down the alley, I make my way towards the street on the other side of the building. Not the one we came from, since that is probably the first place Jace will check.
My dark blue dress flutters around my thighs as I jog the final distance to the mouth of the alley, and I can’t stop a wide smile from spreading across my face. Finally. I will finally have a night all to myself.
With that excitement still bouncing around inside me, I round the corner and stride out onto the sidewalk on the next street.
A hand grabs my arm.
My stomach lurches as I’m yanked to the side.
Irritation burns through me. How could Jace have possibly managed to get here before me? I saw him in the café less than a minute ago, and the only way here is through the alley that I used.
I let out a huff as I’m slammed chest first up against the wall. Twisting my head, I get ready to snap at Jace.
Panic crashes over me like a bucket of ice water.
Three men wearing black masks surround me.
I open my mouth to scream.
The guy pushing me up against the wall quickly yanks up his hand and locks it underneath my jaw, snapping my mouth shut. A moment later, the man on my right gags me with duct tape. I fight and try to yank the tape off or at least push myself away from the wall, but the third guy grabs my wrists and shoves them together behind my back.
Fear and panic pulses through my chest like electric currents as what feels like zip ties are yanked shut around my wrists.
I try to scream through the gag, but only muffled sound makes it out.
Then the world goes black as someone blindfolds me too.
The purse with my phone and keys and wallet is quickly yanked away from my shoulder.
My heart spasms as I’m lifted off my feet. Bucking my hips, I thrash wildly to get free. But it’s like trying to fight against immovable steel bands. I kick my legs and wiggle furiously while screaming behind the duct tape. My pulse thunders in my ears.
A jolt shoots through me as I’m heaved down again. But it’s not the ground that I land on. It’s hard but covered in some kind of soft fabric.
Dread spikes through me.
A trunk. This is the trunk of a car.
I land on my stomach, and before I can even start trying to twist around, hands appear on my ankles. Within seconds, my ankles have been zip tied together and secured to my bound wrists, leaving me in a hogtie.
The loud thud of a trunk being shut cuts through the air like an executioner’s blade.
It’s followed by more thuds as car doors are slammed shut.
Then the sound of an engine.
The floor of the trunk vibrates slightly underneath me as the car speeds away.
Twenty seconds.
That was all it took.
In the span of a mere twenty seconds, I’ve gone from excitedly skipping out of an alley to being blindfolded, gagged, tied up, and locked in the trunk of a car.
Terror washes through me. Yanking and pulling, I try to kick against the trunk, but I’m so tightly hogtied that I can barely even wiggle. Let alone move my legs.
