Sandonnia Book 1 - The Crowned Prince

CHAPTER 6 - Trapped

Amy went downstairs to the company car. It was midnight, which is normally the time when she would leave when she did overtime. She got in the car. She looked up and noticed the driver was different. The old man, Ricky, that normally drove her to and from work every day was not in the driver's seat. In his place was a middle-aged man.

"Where's Ricky?" Amy asked as she sat down.

"He had a family emergency," the driver responded, locking the doors after Amy closed the door. "I'm a friend of his so am covering for him."

"Okay, let's go," Amy instructed.

Halfway into the journey, Amy noticed the driver took a left turn instead of a right turn. Amy noticed he was going in the opposite direction to her house!

"Would you like me to put the address into your phone's map?" Amy offered.

"No I know the way," the driver responded.

Amy was very sure he was driving in the wrong direction.

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After an amazing date with Amy, Ethan decided he would return back to his mansion for a few days and work from home. He needed a bit of time to relax and he hadn't done so due to a series of deals he had to execute and maintain. As he walked out of ECoE headquarters, he stopped dead in his tracks upon seeing a spot of blood. Normally the floors were immaculately clean. He looked around and suspected something might be in a nearby alleyway. His gut instinct was telling him something was wrong.

About two miles down in a narrow street, he found one of his company's drivers dead. It was Ricky, the same driver, Ricky, that drove Amy to and from work. He immediately knew Amy was in danger. He called Ty on his mobile phone.

"Hey man, it's late. Everything alright?" Ty answered.

"I need men," Ethan said, out of breath. "Amy's driver is dead. Someone's got Amy. I don't know how. We're not even public yet! Who the hell could have taken her?!"

"Calm – calm down," Ty replied. "We'll get men. Have you told her parents anything?"

"What the hell do I tell them?" Ethan exclaimed. "I'm not exactly a confrontational person!"

"That she's working into the next day," Ty thought on the spot. "Unless you want a police case on you or your company." Ty had never seen or heard of his best friend ever panicking like this.

"Where do we start out search?"

"The Tars that reside in Constance; there's a clan of them. Could they have taken her because of your diamonds issue? Or the Eukatian Royals? I mean your father has been talking to them."

"What would the Tars or the Eukatians want with Amy? Ty, no one knows about us."

"Tars want diamonds from you and the Eukatians want leverage over you. And anyone from within the company could easily tell them about your fondness of her. Your employees are just as terrified of Amy as they are of you because of it."

"Gather men."

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Amy was brought to a worn-down warehouse.

"This is not my home ..." she said slowly. "What-?"

Something hit her around the head as she got out of the car and she fell unconscious.

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Amy's ECoE car was chipped as were all of the company cars so Ethan and Tyler easily found the car outside the Tars warehouse.