Madelyn found herself taken to a remote, deserted place surrounded by towering mountains. It was the highest point in Ventropolis, but it was also the most desolate, with hardly anyone around. There were no road surveillance cameras along the way, and not a single car passed by.

The car came to a stop, and Madelyn, feeling fearful, gripped her seatbelt tightly, hunching her body. "What do you want?"

Zach's fingers lightly rested on the steering wheel.

Madelyn, with a mix of anxiety and fear i