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All she had to do was stall. Buy time.
She remembered the small utility knife in her pocket. Gritting her teeth, she grabbed it and began sawing at the rope around her wrists.
With her hands tied behind her back, it was hard to see what she was doing. She cut herself several times.
But she couldn’t stay tied up. If the police arrived and couldn’t find the basement, she had to be free to run for help.
“I’m back.”
Just as Lily managed to cut through the rope around her ankles, Ben’s oily voice echoed from the top of the basement stairs.
She froze, startled.
Quickly, she clenched the knife tight and hid her hands behind her back. The cut rope at her feet was left in place, making it look like she was still fully restrained.
Jerry followed Ben down the steps. The moment he laid eyes on her, he started drooling again. “You look this good with your clothes on. I can’t imagine how hot you’ll be naked.”
Lily’s stomach rolled again, but there was nothing left to throw up.
Just as they reached her, sirens wailed outside.
Lily nearly cried with joy.
The police had arrived.
Lily knew she was about to be saved.
“What’s going on?”
Their village was so remote, police never came around. Hearing sirens outside made both men wary and confused.
Soon after, they heard the heavy thud of a door being kicked open.
Clearly, the officers had forced their way through the front gate.
Realizing what was happening, their expressions turned grim.
From the basement, sounds from above could still be faintly-heard.
Footsteps grew closer. Lily wasn’t about to waste this chance to scream for help.
She no longer pretended she was still restrained. Instead, she leapt up and rushed toward the basement stairs.
As she ran, she shouted, “Help! I’m Lily! I’m in the basement! Mmph-!”
Ben lunged forward and clamped a hand over her mouth and nose.
From below, they could hear the movements above, but it was almost impossible for surface to hear what was happening in the basement. anyone on the
The officers outside didn’t hear Lily’s cries.
They searched every room, but of course, they found no trace of her.
“The signal clearly says this yard. Why isn’t Lily here?”
The basement entrance was far too well-hidden, too expertly camouflaged.
The officers never noticed it. And since they were assuming she must be on the ground floor, their faces were full of confusion.
“Maybe the signal’s a bit off. Could she be in another villager’s house?”
“Possible.”
I’m in the basement! Please help me!
The footsteps were growing faint. Lily was shaking with panic.
Ben’s grip over her face was too tight-she could only let out muffled whimpers.
Ben and Jerry were wiry and lean, but clearly very strong.
She knew the utility knife in her hand wouldn’t be enough against either of them.
Worse, if she provoked them too much, they’d punish her even more brutally.
But if the police left and didn’t find her in any other house, they might assume the tracking signal was wrong-and leave the village entirely.
If that happened, she’d never escape these mountains for the rest of her life.
This was her only chance. Even if it killed her, she had to try.
She seized a moment of distraction and plunged the knife hard into Ben’s stomach.
Before he could react, she stabbed him again.
“Bitch!”
Ben had never suffered a hit like that in his life.
He slapped her hard across the face.
But in doing so, he let go-giving her back her freedom.
Lily screamed at the top of her lungs. “Help! I-“
Jerry lunged like a mad dog and clamped his hand over her face.
Lily struggled wildly, raising the knife to slash at him.
But Jerry was far more agile than Ben. She only managed to cut his arm before he ripped the knife from her hands and flung it away.
“You bitch! You hurt my brother-I’ll kill you!”
Jerry tightened one hand over her mouth and the other around her throat.
He hissed through gritted teeth, “You see that skeleton in the corner? That’s what happens when you don’t behave.”
“You cooperate, marry into our Zhou family, give us kids, I’ll let you keep all your limbs. But if you try to escape again or hurt us, you’ll end up just like her. I’ll break your legs, shatter your bones, and leave nothing behind.”
Lily had been too focused on cutting her ropes to notice the strange pile in the corner.
Now, hearing Jerry’s words, she looked over and saw a pile of bones.
The last woman they bought had clearly been dead for years.
“You okay?” Jerry glanced at his brother, noticing blood seeping from the wound.
“I’m fine.”
Ben was gritting his teeth in pain. But with the police still nearby, going to patch up the wound might raise suspicion.
Thankfully, it wasn’t too deep. He decided to tough it out and wait until the police left the village.
He barked, “Keep your hand over that bitch’s mouth. Don’t let her make another sound!”
“Mmph…”
Lily screamed silently in her mind.
I’m in the basement. Please save me!
But no one could hear her. Only the fading sound of boots above. And then-nothing at all.
“Lily!” james had rushed over by private jet, arriving just as the police were walking out of the Xander family residence.
The location tracker on his phone pointed to the same yard.
Seeing the officers come out, he assumed Lily had been rescued. He rushed forward, ready to pull her into his arms.
He missed her so much.
It hadn’t even been a full day since they were apart, yet it felt like they’d been separated for lifetimes.
Even though he knew her heart belonged to Jackson, he still wanted to hold her with everything he had.
But he didn’t see Lily.
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