Buck snatched the phone back, pressing it to his ear. "You hear that, Mr. Prescott? Your wife is absolutely terrified. Wire the cash right now, and we'll drop her off somewhere safe."
"Yeah."
Caspian grunted a single, disguised syllable before the line went completely dead.
He had purposely lowered his register, making it impossible to distinguish his actual voice.
Grinning like a maniac, Buck tossed the phone back onto the passenger seat and gloated to Slim. "You see that? Pierce ain't some invincible god! What's there to be scared of? I just talked to him like he was my bitch, and he just took it. That cash is as good as ours!"
Slim looked at him with absolute reverence. "You're a legend, Buck!"
"Damn straight."
"Here, Buck, let me light you a cigarette..."
Screaming those clues had burned through the very last shreds of Seraphina's energy. She slumped limply against the steering wheel, her heart hammering weakly against her ribs.
Would Caspian actually save her?
He was severely injured himself, practically half-dead.
What would he do?
Call the police?
Calling the police was the best option, but she prayed the cops could find this exact spot based on her chaotic clues.
And she prayed they hurried. She knew her body was shutting down. She wouldn't survive until dawn.
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