Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 966

"What? How could that happen? Why would an organization like that target her?"

Mira was still struggling to process the news.

Though they had only spent a day together, Sienna had constantly declared herself Mira's biggest fan. Hearing she was in danger genuinely twisted the knife in Mira's chest.

Celine's voice on the line was thick with misery.

"Because she's naive, Mira. Because she's easy prey."

Celine let out a broken sigh.

"You know how she is. She's obsessed with attractive guys. She started dating some guy from off-campus. He was gorgeous, and he completely swept her off her feet. She literally dropped every other guy she was talking to just for him.

She used to brag to me non-stop about how ridiculously handsome her new boyfriend was."

Celine laughed bitterly.

"If she hadn't rubbed it in my face, I wouldn't have even known.

She swore he was better looking than anyone I'd ever date, way hotter than Liora's guy. She even had the nerve to claim he could rival... rival Owen in the looks department.

The way she talked, it was like she was trying to prove us wrong for telling her that high-quality men wouldn't tolerate her behavior.

In her shallow world, a handsome face was all it took to be a good man.

Maybe it was because we called her out for being superficial and messy. She swore she was going to settle down this time and be entirely devoted to him."

On the other end of the line, Celine furiously wiped away her tears.

"She bragged to me about him for days, and then... then she just went completely radio silent.

At first, I just thought she'd finally gotten tired of bragging. But a little while later, Adeline called me in a panic, saying she couldn't reach Sienna.

Her phone was just dead!"

"I didn't take it seriously at first," Celine continued. "I figured she was just out partying with the new guy. She was never the reliable type.

It wouldn't have been the first time she pulled a stunt like this. A year ago, she vanished for a whole week, only for us to find out she was just away on a wild trip with some fling.

Back then, the guy played the devastated boyfriend perfectly. He acted completely shattered, searching everywhere for her, so nobody ever suspected him.

But two missing girlfriends is a pattern. The police immediately flagged him as the prime suspect.

After digging deeper, they discovered he had a history of crossing back and forth through The South-Eastern Corridor...

So, we're all terrified that she's already dead... or worse.

But how do you even rescue someone from across the border? That's cartel territory. The sheer amount of manpower and influence required is impossible for a normal family."

Mira had heard the chilling rumors before. A disappearance here, a missing person there—all swallowed up by the Balkan Underworld. The lucky ones who were eventually found usually returned in body bags, heavily mutilated and missing vital organs.

There were even darker whispers of victims subjected to unimaginable horrors, kept in cages like exotic pets, or permanently disfigured for the amusement of crime lords.

Just thinking about the sheer brutality of it sent a cold shiver down Mira's spine.

Sienna might have been vapid and hopelessly boy-crazy, but she was never malicious. Her romantic escapades had always been strictly consensual.