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.

Axel growled, nudging the man's head

and you'll face

prison, you can walk

guarantee that you'll be able to walk out of this ward

spoke to him over the phone! I've never met him in person!" the man stammered, sweat drenching

"But...

ago and promised another after the job! We even spoke just 30 minutes ago!" Burning with fury, Xavier went up

the assassin for his

it to Axel after

to the

find a way to unlock this

"Thank you, Mr.

man was escorted away, the silence returning to the

sense of unease lingered in Axel's gut as

phone vibrated, making

opened the message, his pupils constricting as he read

was a text

gut

that his vision blurred, and he nearly

She wrote, "Goodbye, Axel.

I'm leaving Solana City.

to

find out

as he typed and retyped

Tell me." A long time

there was

He wasn't satisfied.

unshed tears, Axel bombarded Amber

as if he

think I am? Can you avoid seeing me just because you don't want

you love me?

and

don't think

were just a ray of light that happened to appear in my world

what

feeling that I've never

never disappear, but

don't feel anything for

is all that I'm able

me, don't approach me

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