Chapter 29
A bump rattled Ryan's head and roused him. Hearing voices, he kept his eyes shut and feigned continued unconsciousness. Ryan detected straps compressed around his head and a foul-tasting rubber ball gagging his mouth. A blanket typically used to move furniture, consisting of a polyester shell with cotton padding, covered his body up to his neck. Ryan's hands and feet were bound with cuffs and rope. He surmised he was at the back of a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. Ryan also presumed he had been knocked out for at least several hours.
"Vicente Bastian is really slipping," a man said from the front of the vehicle. His British accent was familiar to Ryan and consistent with the voice he had heard from the bodyguard seated the previous night in the front passeng
