Can’t Win Me Back

The hospital corridor was eerily silent in the dead of the night.

The lone nurse on duty drowsed at the nurses' station, oblivious to the flashing red light from the malfunctioning surveillance camera down the hall.

A figure clad in a white doctor's robe and mask darted past the station, his movements purposeful.

He carefully scanned his surroundings before pushing open the door to Natalie's ward and slipping inside.

The patient lay curled up in bed, seemingly fast asleep.

The intruder crept closer, a glint of steel catching the dim light as he drew a dagger from his sleeve.

He raised the weapon high and stabbed the person on the bed.

All of a sudden, his vision went dark.

Unexpectedly, the person on the bed leaped up and threw the blanket over his head! Panic surged through the assassin.

He flailed wildly with the dagger, ripping the blanket free.

But before he could react further, the cold muzzle of a gun pressed against his forehead froze him in place.

"Don't move.

Not unless you want your head to be blown off." Under the dim light, Axel's eyes glinted with a dangerous glint.

A cynical smile played on his lips, sending shivers down the assassin's spine.

The ward door burst open, revealing Sean and Xavier leading a team of men who quickly surrounded the intruder.

"Are you alright, Mr.

Axel?" Sean inquired, his voice laced with concern.

Axel clicked his tongue.

"I didn't even attack him.

All it took was a blanket to take this fool down." With a practiced ease, Axel disarmed the assassin.

He sneered.

"Sir, you can barely fight, yet you're trying to be an assassin? Try harder next time.” The assassin's face was drained of color.

His knees buckled, and he crumpled to the floor in a heap.

growled, nudging the

you? Reveal his name, and you'll face

prison, you can walk free and live a

out of this ward with

met him in person!"

"But...

account two days ago and promised another after the job! We even spoke just 30

assassin for

to Axel after finding

to

find a way to unlock this

"Thank you, Mr.

The man was escorted away, the silence returning to the ward as if the commotion had

out, a sense of unease lingered in

making his heart

message, his pupils constricting as he read

a text from

gut punch, sharp

him so much that his vision blurred, and he nearly lost his grip on his

She wrote, "Goodbye, Axel.

I'm leaving Solana City.

try to

you hear news about me or you manage to find out where I am,

fingers trembled as he typed

are you, Amber? Tell me." A long

was no

He wasn't satisfied.

unshed tears,

was as if

"Who do you think I am? Can you avoid seeing me just because you don't want to? Do you think you can control me?" "You're the only one I want in my

love me? Say

words acold and sharp knife

"I don't think

ray of light that happened to appear in my world of

what

gave me a feeling that I've never had

never disappear, but feelings

anything for you

is all that I'm able to

me, don't