Chapter 37 – A Bet

• Ella
• I woke up to the sound of waves and distant noises. Suddenly, everything came back to me. I was alone with the twins when someone knocked on the front door. Thinking it was Zeru, I opened the door—and then I was drugged. A planned kidnapping?
• My stomach dropped the moment I spotted my babies—lying on the ground not too far from me. Panic surged through me like ice in my veins. My mind raced, heart pounding in my ears. Who would do this? What did they want with me? Why take my babies? What kind of monster looks into the eyes of innocent children and sees leverage?