Ransom Center Austin Novels & Stories

"Please give me a chance. Just one chance. I'll be fine with it even if you just gave me permission to stay here at Athemore so I can watch you from a distance!" Before he could even touch me, Warren had stepped between the both of us. "This way, Mr. Ramos," he prompted. Two security personnel came forward, flanking Austin and grabbing him by his arms. When he was dragged toward the door, he continued yelling my name, his voice cracking and his volume increasing with every shout. "You can't do this to me, Serene! Do you have any idea what the past year has been like for me? I have been searching for you every single day. I—"

My voice sounded calm, but there was heat crawling beneath it. “What do you want now, bastard?” Austin shoved his hands into his pockets and shrugged like we were discussing the weather instead of the woman he was holding hostage. “Nothing much,” he said lazily. “If you want your woman back, all you have to do is sign the company over to me.” For one second, I thought I had heard him wrong. Then I laughed again. Not because it was funny. Because it was so completely absurd that laughter was the only thing that came out.

He looked at it and felt his blood turn cold. The message was from an unknown number: "Austin, if you want to see Rosemary alive, come to the old warehouse on Maple Street. Come alone. You have one hour. If you bring anyone else, she dies. If you call the police, she dies. If you cross into human territory with your pack, she dies. Luna." Austin showed the message to everyone. "It's a trap," Lydia said immediately. "Of course it's a trap," Austin replied. "But what choice do I have?"

When Austin heard that, his eyes turned red. His body shivered, and he felt like blood was about to spill from his eyes. Without saying a word, he began to smack his forehead against the floor again. "Thud, thud, thud…" With every three slams, he begged once. "Ms. Sharp, please show mercy to my family! "Ms. Sharp, I'm willing to become a double agent and steal Rayden Enterprises' company secrets for you!

Dr. Steel had always lived in the capital. Although news about Riveria occasionally appeared online, he rarely paid any attention. Now that he was in Hill City, he could see the raging flames from the distant mountaintop from the roof. “How could a fire break out so suddenly?” Before Dr. Steel could think it through, he saw Austin running back in a panic. “Why are you in such a rush?” he frowned and asked. Austin said nervously, “Something’s happened on the next street. There was an armed robbery.” He quickly closed the door to prevent the robbers from coming here and threatening their safety.

Austin continued, pulling out his phone with one hand, while the other remained on the steering, "Marcelo was my roommate in college, and he was a computer wizard. Couple of times, he hacked into our professor's computer to buy us some good grades. Last I heard from him, he was for some government agency." "Do you mind parking, let my boy take over the driving, while you call this friend of yours?" Sebastian offered, seeing him scroll through his contact list. "I don't think I want to die yet, at least not before finding my woman and bring her home with me." Austin threw him a lethal glance, but did not say anything. Instead, he continued scrolling through his contacts, while driving with th

he said and hangup. “ did you get the location?” Austin ask for the men to shake their head. “ no captain” they said for Austin to hit his head. Immediately he send the call record to Aaron. Aaron was driving back home, he needs to go carry the documents his father send to him and try figure out what is the all of a sudden kidnapping of his son mother. He knows when someone is being sent and when someone is doing kidnap for money. A lot of things kept running in Aaron mind when his phone pop up a message from Austin. He open the message and play the record immediately he frown.

Austin reminded his capo before he slipped out and slammed the door shut. Alone, Austin contemplated the laptop and notebook they'd brought back from the Van Staden's, wondering if they were worth anything now that they had Josef. He was prepared to beat the truth out of him. In fact, it might even be quicker than figuring out what the numbers in the notebook meant or trying to access the laptop. But he took both anyway and the plastic bag with the rhino horn and headed across the quad to Gold Towers, an old events venue currently undergoing renovations. As soon as Austin swiped himself in using his access card, he could hear Josef's harrowing screams coming from the back of the building. He

He picked up the call for a few seconds and his face instantly became twisted from anger. Austin then hung up and turned around. "We're done here. I'm going back to the capital." Both Ezra and Aldus were surprised by the sudden change of plans. "What happened, sir?" asked Ezra. Austin gripped his phone tightly as veins popped around his face. "My mom just got kidnapped and taken back to the Emerson family!" The both of them were shocked as Austin continued, "I already paid them the ransom… And if they still try to do anything stupid, I'll crush the entire Emerson family!"

Loki once again thought to himself. Austin shakes her head lightly. She has to shake off this kind of attitude and behavior. Austin has one and only rule when she started living in her own; she must not let other people swayed her or woo her. In that case, no one can take advantage of her. She leaned towards Loki and the latter moves back his head but stayed in his feet. "You know creep, if you has the time to mess around with me, just get out of this cafe before myself forget that you are a customer." Austin whispered in greeted teeth. She must be really pissed at the man in front of her.