Trapped Ch 1 Novels & Stories

"Caroline, cover your mouth and find an air vent. Stand near it. I'm coming right away." Reuben, noticing something was amiss, quickly exited the car and asked, "Mr. Jordan, what's happening?" Evan quickly briefed him, saying, "Gather some men and head to the old shack at the back of the orphanage immediately. Caroline is trapped there." With that, he rushed into the orphanage, his heart pounding with worry. Running towards the rear of the building, he encountered a large blue iron door from which thick smoke billowed out. The bodyguards following closely behind him attempted to kick the door open.

I just wait. Every muscle in my body locks as the chair creaks above me. The sound of someone settling into it echoes through the silence and the wood groans softly under his weight. I swallow hard, my breath shallow and controlled. Then realization crashes into me so fast it nearly forces a curse out of my mouth. I’m trapped. There’s no slipping out now. No quiet escape without being seen. I press myself further beneath the desk, barely daring to breathe, my eyes instinctively dropping to the polished boots in front of me.

And mistrust meant the labyrinth was already winning. ☠️ End of Chapter 19

There definitely must be some inferior motive. Maybe it's just me, but like I said before, I'm having a hard time believing in people nowadays. No matter how I see it, I can't let myself believe he is doing all this out of humanity. Why would he take the risk to free me when he could get him in trouble? At the end of the day, he is involved in illegal stuff and I can easily go to the police and report their names. A part of me still believes that they are trying to trap me and this is all a scheme. Like I have seen in so many movies where shit like this happens and, in the end, it just happens to be a trap.

My body started heating up again. Mabel was still talking about her achievements during this trip. I responded absent-mindedly; she seemed to notice this on the other end of the line. So, she concluded, "You'll know what a prize I've found when we get back to work on Monday." After hanging up, my mind was overwhelmed by thoughts of the roses and the odd sensation Jeremy had made me feel. I patted my cheeks and told myself to calm down. … My business trip lasted another two days. Throughout that time, I attended various gatherings and seriously kept an eye out for potential streamers. Finally, I discovered one who looked like he would do well.

I was trapped, destroyed, and standing over the literal, cold, humming secret of my own stolen

The realization settled cold in my chest. Am I trapped?

"Dr. Evans gave me the encryption keys. I ran the neural schematics through the mainframe." Julian looked up at the ceiling speaker, a cold dread pooling in his stomach. "What are you saying, Leo?" "The trigger isn't just behavioral, Dad. It is physiological," Leo sobbed. "The Trojan horse is permanently fused to her autonomic nervous system. It is a proximity mine. If she is within a twenty-foot radius of you, or the baby, the cognitive dissonance will cause her blood pressure to spike until her cerebral arteries rupture." The air in the nursery turned to absolute ice.

Not like I was escaping. Not like I was being pulled. But like I was choosing something. Even if I didn’t know where it would lead yet. And somewhere behind me, I could feel it— Everything starting to shift. Not slowly. Not subtly. But in a way that wouldn’t stop once it started.