Chapter 183

His breath gradually weakened in his chest. Standing in the empty space, Alston still felt suffocated. It felt like there were nails under his feet, making it impossible to stay still. After pausing for three or four minutes, Cecilia's figure grew smaller and smaller in his sight. Alston closed his eyes, his mind full of doubts. There were too many flaws in this kidnapping. Everyone in Silvanburg knew about the nearly hostile relationship between him and Cecilia. On the day of Benno's memorial, in broad daylight, they managed to kidnap someone near the Faber family shrine in less than half an hour! Alston was highly suspicious. If the kidnappers had planned this for a long time, they would have known that Gladys held little importance in the Faber family. If they hadn't prepared well, how did they manage to get up the mountain and kidnap someone? These uncertainties about the kidnappers made it extremely risky for Cecilia, a woman, to go alone. If she suffered, there would be no one to