" LIANA! LIANA! LIANA!!!"

My voice echoed around the empty house. There was no sign of her.

But she was there, no doubt, perhaps a few minutes prior.

I ran to check the doors. They were open. Wide and ajar. I saw car tracks and footsteps on the ground of more than one people. Somebody had taken Liana away from her bed chamber while she was in no position to defend. Liana had been kidnapped under the most unfavourable conditions. And it was all because of Lucian.

I was about to tear the whole house down in helplessness when suddenly I heard a familiar voice,

" Oh my good luck,...