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"I've found her!" Toby called to his partner.

The man panted as he approached his companion. But before they could approach the kid with their back turned, they quickly ran away from them.

"Don't shoot!" Toby quickly pushed his partner's gun as he aimed at the running kid.

"But she's running!"

"Are you dumb? What if you kill her? That's just a kid and we can easily catch her now!"

The man scratched his neck even though it wasn't itchy.

"Come on, let's chase her before she gets away!"

Sean ran faster, away from where his sister was. He was a fast runner and he's an athlete in their school. But the two men were faster, so they soon caught up with him.

"Shit, it's not the girl!"

"Le-Let me go. I'm sorry if I did something wrong!" Sean trembled with fear and struggled hard from the man's grip on his arm.

"Who are you and why are you running?" Toby hissed at the child. They could not clearly see his face because his cheeks were covered in mud.

"I was shocked when you shouted, so I ran. My father is a woodcutter, I came with him, but I got separated from him."

"Don't scare him and let go." The man rebuked Toby.

"Don't leave me, Mister. Please help me find Dad." Sean pleaded with the man holding him.

"We don't have time to help you, kid. We're looking for someone."

"Is it the girl?"

They looked at each other and nodded at the boy. "Do you know where she went?"

"I saw her going there!" Sean pointed the other direction. "I followed her because I felt sorry for her, but you suddenly came and I was scared when you shouted."

Toby looked at where the kid was pointing. They sighed because there was a ravine in that direction.

"Go home and I need to find my daughter who ran away." Toby said to the boy.

"I hope you can find her soon. She looks like she was crying earlier." Sean said sadly.

Sean smirked when the two men left him. Though tired, he ran back to where his sister was, but he got lost and could no longer find the right way back.

"Men, search the area!" Gaven commanded his subordinates when he got out of the car. It seemed like they were nearby.

Gaven's subordinates moved quickly. They scattered so they could easily find the child.

Natasha trembled even more when she heard the men's voices. She no longer knew how long she had been waiting for her brother to return. She cried again when she felt someone approaching her.

"Sir, there's a child here." A man called Gaven.

"Ahh, don't!" Natasha screamed when she saw the man standing in front of her.

"Natasha, calm down. We won't hurt you."

Natasha continued to scream when the man touched her. Even her lips trembled with fear.

Gaven hugged the girl and he felt sorry for her. He noticed that she was holding Sean's cell phone tightly and it was only then that he noticed that the boy was not around.

"Brother Sean, help!" Natasha called to her brother, assuming that they were bad guys.

"Shh, Natasha, don't be afraid of me. I'm here to save you. Tell me, where did your Brother Sean go?"

Natasha slowly calmed down when she saw the face of the man hugging her. "Are you the owner of this?"

Gaven nodded with a smile and took the phone from her. He knew Sean left the mobile with his sister, so he could save her. When he felt that her body was hot, he picked her up and carried her to the car.

"You need to be taken to the hospital. Don't worry, I'll find your brother and we'll follow you right away."

Natasha did not have the strength to answer the man talking to her. The lids of her eyes were droopy and she lost consciousness.

When the newly arrived police patrol vehicle left, Gaven returned to the woods to help find Sean.

Mauro's subordinates surrounded the little house and waited for a go signal from Steven.

"Sir, Sir Gaven called and there's a good news." Tony handed Steven the cell phone.

"I sent Natasha to the hospital. But we haven't found Sean yet."

"How can he not be found? Are you sure Sean is there too?" Steven asked worriedly. He needed to make sure where the child was before raiding the house where Danica was. He hoped that Danica wouldn't capture Sean and put him somewhere else.

"Natasha was holding his phone, so I'm sure Sean is just around."

Steven breathed a sigh of relief and his anxiety eased. "Please, find him and make sure he's safe."

"Sir, we need to act." Mauro grabbed Steven's attention when he heard a woman scream inside the house.

"You demons, release me!" Nicole fought the man who wanted to fuck her.

Danica laughed when she saw that Nicole's dress was torn. Even without being handcuffed, she could not fight back because the man who lusted after her flesh was stronger.

"I'll leave her to you. Indulge as much as you want, but don't kill her."

"Yes, Ma'am!" The man laughed demonically.

"Hey, I'm first!" Brando rebuked the two.

Danica just smirked and felt no pity for Nicole. She kept smiling even until she got out of the house. She had to get home before dark because Steven might look for her.

"Let her leave first." Steven's eyes flared with anger as his eyes followed Danica. He wanted her to taste his cruelty in a different way.

Nicole no longer begged the three men or cried because she would just waste her energy. She squeezed herself into a corner and her eyes wandered around to find a weapon while the man was still busy undressing.

"Go out and I don't want to be watched." Brando told his companions to leave.

Nicole quickly picked up the fork she saw on the floor. She grabbed it tightly and prepared for the man to approach her.

"Don't resist because it's futile. You better give me your body voluntarily so that we can both enjoy ourselves."

Nicole struggled as the man hugged her again and kissed her on the neck. But she saved strength and waited for a good opportunity to hurt him.

"Ahh.. crap!" Brando cried out in pain when the woman hurt his manhood.

"Just die!" As Nicole screamed, she aimed the fork on the man's neck.

Brando quickly dodged Nicole's attack, so he just got a scratch. Even though her weapon was not sharp, he still got injured in the shoulder.

The woman was overcome with pain when she was hit hard in the stomach by the man. She coughed and fell while writhing in stomach pain. He was not content and snatched the fork from her and used it to hurt her stomach more.

The snipers shoot the three men guarding the outside of the house. Steven entered quickly, followed by Mauro to startle those inside.

"Enemies!" a man shouted in shock, but was unable to pull out his gun because Mauro was faster.

The other man was unable to fight or make any noise because he had been shot.

Steven let his subordinates take care of the two. He immediately entered the room where Nicole's voice could be heard. His vision darkened when he saw the man on top of Nicole and she was almost naked.

Nicole lay in bed without strength, she was unable to resist. Her mouth remained shut when the man kissed her there. She had almost no hope of getting saved, when he suddenly disappeared from on top of her.

"You son of a bitch!" Steven continuously punched the man in the face and did not give him a chance to retaliate.

Though dizzy, Nicole got out of bed to see what was happening. She lifted the blanket to cover her body, her hands shaking. "Ste-Steven?" She trembled as she called to him and she wasn't sure if she was right. If she was hallucinating, she wished everything was real.

"Fuck you!" Steven punched the man in the face again.

"Sir, that's enough, you might kill him." Mauro stopped him.

Steven came back to his senses when he heard Nicole's weak voice. It almost broke his heart to see her state. He quickly took off his coat and put it on her.

"I-Is that you, Steven?" She asked and her vision became even more blurred by tears.

"It's me, I'm sorry if I took too long and those bastards hurt you!"

Nicole could feel the anger and hatred in his voice. She felt like she was still dreaming that the young man was in front of her and hugging her tightly. Even though she was weak because of the beating she received, she still tried to stay awake.

"Steven, our d-daughter, save her."

Steven couldn't stop the tears from welling up in his eyes. He was very hurt to see her suffering.

"She's safe, so calm down." He gave her a light kiss on her forehead.

That was all Nicole waited to hear from him. She was tired and wanted to rest.

"Nicole?" Steven called her name nervously when he felt her hand holding his arm slip.

"Sir, we need to take her to the hospital." Tony panicked.

Steven felt like cold water was poured on him when he saw Nicole's face was pale and she didn't seem to be breathing. When he carried her, he noticed that she had a wound in her stomach.