By any means necessary
Author: SKMnovels
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Diana's eyes opened slowly. There was confusion in her gaze for a few moments before her mind quickly replayed the previous activities and she gained clarity.

She looked around and noticed that she was completely naked and bound hands and feet to a table.

"What the fuck?" She muttered as she tried to get her limbs loose but it was a futile attempt.

Suddenly the thick metal doors of the room in which she was being held captive in, opened up and Kelvin walked in rolling in a trolley that had a red cloth covering it.

"Hey, Diana," Kelvin said as he stopped in front of the table she was tied to and smiled at her.

"It seems we were right after all, you are an Apostle," Diana stated calmly.

"Correction, I am a lot more than that." Kelvin smiled and Diana's eyes widened in realization.

It became clear to her at that moment that the very person they had spent years trying to find had been under their nose for so long!

"Saint Jude.", Diana muttered.

"The one and only," Kelvin's smile widened.
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