But she said nothing more. The car had entered the winding mountain roads, and she focused on driving. The mist cleared, revealing a glorious moon that bathed thendscape in a soft, ethereal glow. Under the moonlight, Sebastian''s face was pale, his expression lost.


    ...


    Marshall and Natalie were thrown onto a pile of weeds. The impact left Natalie''s head spinning.


    "Natalie, are you okay?" Marshall asked, his voiceced with concern.


    She closed her eyes, a wave of nausea washing over her. Of course she wasn''t okay. Marshall looked over and saw the men unbuckling their pants, his eyes shing with rage.


    "We don''t need to find anyone else. We can take care of this beauty ourselves. If you don''t like it, get lost."


    "Hey, we''re young, virile guys. We need femalepanionship."


    The man with the camera looked at them with disdain. "You guys are disgusting. Can''t control yourselves no matter where you are. Fine, fine. Bringing in outsiders would risk our identities anyway. Go ahead. I''ll just take the pictures. This ce is secluded. Have fun." He shot a wicked grin at Natalie.


    Natalie''s face was a mask of revulsion. This was Joanna''s favorite tactic. She would make her pay for this, using her own methods against her.


    One of the men, already shirtless, started walking toward Natalie.


    "Get away from her!" Marshall roared.


    "p!" The man struck Marshall across the face. He then stared at Marshall''s


    face, which was more stunning than most women''s, a disturbing interest glinting in


    his eyes. "Don''t worry, pretty boy. I swing both ways. You''re next."


    Marshall felt his ears had been vited.


    The man grabbed Natalie, who was too weak to even stand properly. She smirked coldly. Joanna''s methods were certainly effective. She had assumed they would be thrown into the ocean. She hadn''t anticipated this, nor had she expected Marshall to be part of the abduction.


    The man began to rip at her clothes.


    "Bastard! Stop!" Marshall tried to pull the man away, but his body was useless. He fought to stand, to do something, anything, but copsed back to the ground in defeat.


    As the man''s face neared hers, Natalie recoiled in disgust. Where was Luna? "Bang!" The sound of a gunshot split the air.


    The man holding Natalie cried out as a bullet tore through his arm. He stared in shock at his bleeding limb, then spun around in a panic. In the same instant, a powerful kicknded squarely in his back, sending him sprawling. His assant''s foot came down hard on his groin.


    "Aargh!" A wave of agony, the most intense pain he had ever known, ripped through him. His vision swam as the fear of death washed over him Sebastian''s from hard boot ground into him again and again. The man''s eyes rolled back in his head as he passed out.


    Sebastian turned, his fury directed at the man with the camera. Hended a brutal


    punch on the man''s jaw.