Chapter 185
Elizabeth whispered, "I'll pay you ten times the fee, just let me go!"
The man hesitated, "Ten times?"
"Do you even know how much that is?" he asked.
"Doesn't matter. The Percy family isn't short on cash!" Elizabeth said seriously.
The guy in the passenger seat turned to her and said calmly, "We're not interested in money. We're interested in you."
"Everyone's got a price," Elizabeth chuckled.
"Rare to see a rich girl so sharp," he said, glancing at her. "Too bad you're gonna die."
Before Elizabeth could respond, they gagged her again.
"Sleep. When you wake up, you'll be somewhere else. We're pros; you won't suffer," the passenger said, yawning.
The guy next to him nodded, smiling. "Ms. Percy, trust us. No suffering!"
The car went quiet.
Elizabeth stayed calm, guessing they'd been watching her for days. Probably Esme's people.
The beach was three hours away. It was so late, yet they insisted on throwing her into the sea. Only Esme would kill her this way, because Esme knew she had been afraid of water ever since she saved Alexander.
Elizabeth moved her hands behind her back, but the guy next to her snapped, "Behave!"
She lowered her head, trying to send her location to Felix.
The car left the city, and by 10 PM, traffic thinned out.
Elizabeth looked out the window, hearing snores around her.
Out of five, only the driver and the guy next to her were awake.
She wriggled her wrists free from the loose ropes as she'd learned to untie knots.
The guy next to her was dozing, unaware.
Elizabeth pulled out two silver needles from her sleeve and silently pricked his neck.
He frowned, touched his neck, and looked at Elizabeth, who pretended to sleep.
"Damn mosquito," he muttered, finding nothing. Within seconds, he was out cold.
Elizabeth checked the driver hadn't noticed, then used the needles on the two in the back, knocking them out.
Just as she finished, the leader in the passenger seat woke up. Seeing her free hands, he shouted, "You!"
Elizabeth aimed for his neck with a needle, but the driver floored it, making them lurch forward.
She quickly tried to open the door to jump out.
The window rolled down, and she half-leaped out. The leader grabbed her arm.
Elizabeth kicked him in the stomach. "Mess with me, and you'll regret it!"
"Ms. Percy, we're just doing a job. Don't make it hard for us!" he warned.
"Maybe it's you who should worry," Elizabeth smirked, a cunning glint in her eye.
