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Seraphina tried desperately to calm herself, but her heart was racing uncontrobly.
Her instincts were always sharp. When she saw the three armed foreigners approaching, she knew immediately that they were the pirates who had been chasing them. Standing there, her mind went nk, and her heart felt as if it were submerged in icy water, chilled to the
core.
Despair! She felt more overwhelmed than ever before, and it loomed over her like a dark cloud.
She felt an overwhelming urge to cry out in frustration
Why was she being pushed to the brink of survival again and again?
The three pirates tossed their cigarettes away. They exchanged nces and began to walk leisurely toward them.
The prey was already in their grasp; what''s with the rush?
Seraphina bit down hard, suppressing the intense fear welling up inside her.
"Run..."
Kaveh''s voice trembled as he spoke.
"I can''t. I''m scared. They have guns,"
Seraphina immediately abandoned the idea of turning and running.N?velDrama.Org holds text ? rights.
A gunshot to the back would be a terrible way to die.
What should they do if they don''t run?
The atmosphere was suffocating. The scent of gunpowder mixed with the salty sea air, swirling around
them.
The pirates were almost there, and the two of them could barely stand.
Kaveh was trembling with fear. He was clearly out of his depth. Even as an adventurer, he had never faced. anything like this. Although Seraphina wasn''t much better off, as the pirates approached, she found herself growing strangely calm.
The three men drew closer. Two of them were tall and muscr.
The third was shorter and leaner, with a cold, sinister expression. His hawk-like eyes were the most terrifying of all.
As he got a favorable look at Seraphina''s face, there was a glimmer of admiration and greed in his eyes.
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Seraphina, noticing his gaze, shot a fierce re at the shorter, leaner man who was closest to her.
That man responded with a mocking smile. His eyes were cold and ruthless, radiating a dangerous. sharpness. He whistled. As he sized her up, his gaze grew more brazen.
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The next moment, he lifted the barrel of his gun and ced it under her chin. The man forced her to tilt her head up. With the arrogance of a victor surveying his prize, he spoke to hispanions. His voice was cold and filled with greed. "Look, this woman is quite the catch. We''ve hit the jackpot this time."
They allughed together, theirughter wild and unrestrained.
Their eyes were venomous, and they seemed to lick Seraphina''s neck like a snake.
This was their territory. Seraphina was merely prey in the palm of their hands.
The pirates on the yacht watched the scene from afar with amusement.
The tension was unbearable. Everyone knew there was no escape.
Seraphina''s body was rigid, but surprisingly, her mind was clear andposed.
The howling sea windshed her face, hurting her face, yet it brought an unusual rity and calmness.
She clenched her fists tightly by her sides, the nails digging into her palms and drawing blood, but it was nothingpared to the danger she faced.
The barrel of the gun under her chin still carried the scent of gunpowder, a grim reminder of death.
In that fleeting moment when the piratesughed and looked away, Seraphina suddenly acted. She grabbed the gun barrel in front of her. She twisted her body sharply and yanked it forward with all her strength. With her other hand, she wrenched the man''s fingers away from the gun. When he looked at her, he grunted in pain, his eyes wide with disbelief.
This frail, desperate woman dared to fight back.
Without giving him a chance to retaliate, the gun had fallen into Seraphina''s hands in a blink of an eye.
With swift precision, she turned the weapon around and kicked the man to the ground, forcing him into a kneeling position.
The other two pirates had stoppedughing. Their faces, twisted with anger and aggression, now stared at Seraphina with caution.
She now faced two guns aimed at her. However, Seraphina aimed her gun directly at the man''s head on the ground.