Chapter 75 If Only She Lived

• Alan
• Pain pierced every muscle in my body, but it was nothing compared to what I felt upon waking up. As my consciousness cleared, I remembered Zoe. Those bastards could have killed her or, even worse, violated her. One thought was worse than the other, and if it weren't for the gag in my mouth, I would have unleashed all my anger on the man guarding me. The dusty empty warehouse surrounded me on all sides, and sunlight was already seeping through its cracks. It seemed like I had been out for too long. The door ahead creaked open, letting in two men into the musty room. One of them was familiar to me, but the other, a young guy, I had never seen before.
• "Awake?" Philip asked with a sly smile, stopping in front of me. You could see a hungry jackal from afar. His twisted body and the face of an animal ready to do anything to achieve his goal revealed all his hidden intentions. If I was alive, then he needed something from me. "Remove the gag."