CHAPTER 151 — TakenThe sound came again.A footstep. Careful. Controlled.Melissa felt it before she heard it the shift in Castor’s posture, the tightening of the air. His head tilted slightly, eyes narrowing as he listened, not like a man surprised, but like one recalculating.“You didn’t tell anyone,” he said, more to himself now than to her.Melissa’s heart hammered. If someone else was here, it meant one of two things: rescue or something far worse.The door above creaked open fully this time.Light spilled down the narrow stairwell in a thin blade, slicing through the darkness like a warning. Shadows stretched and recoiled. The bulb above Melissa flickered again, then steadied, as if bracing.A second set of footsteps joined the first.Castor straightened slowly. His calm returned, snapping back into place like armor. He walked to the side of the room and reached behind a loose stone. Metal scraped softly.A gun.Melissa’s breath stuttered.“Stay quiet,” he said, not looking at
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