Betrayed by Blood: My Second Life as a Queen novel Chapter 164

With that, he gave a quick nod to the thugs.

Instantly, four or five burly men surrounded Willow, their heavy boots inching closer.

Her heart plummeted into her stomach.

As panic threatened to overwhelm her, she took a shaky breath, her bound hands desperately feeling around the concrete floor for anything she could use as a weapon. She found nothing.

Keeping her eyes down, her mind raced. Suddenly, the faint, rhythmic thrum of an engine echoed in the distance. It was muffled, but unmistakable.

Wait...

Her fingers curled into fists. This abandoned factory in the north was completely isolated. It wasn't just undeveloped land; it was a ghost town, left in ruins after a chemical explosion three years ago.

Logically, no one ever came out here.

There were no residents, and the surrounding fields were toxic. It was a desolate wasteland.

Only someone with sinister intentions, like Xavier, would choose a place like this.

Moreover...

If she wasn't mistaken, that sound was the roar of a helicopter!

The only person she knew who could mobilize a chopper on such short notice was Vivienne Vance!

Her mentor was coming for her!

Why else would a helicopter be flying over this desolate stretch of land?

Her heart hammered against her ribs, a spark of hope igniting in her previously hollow gaze.

She just needed to buy time!

The thugs closed in. Just as a grimy hand reached for her collar, she spoke up. "Xavier, aren't you afraid of how much I'll hate you after this?"

Mistaking her question as a sign of surrender, Xavier's tone softened slightly, perhaps out of some twisted sense of pity. "I'm doing this for your own good. Tessa saved your life, and you've pushed her into a severe depressive episode. She's suffering in the hospital right now. Think about the scandal if word gets out. Why can't you just see that I'm trying to protect the family?"

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