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 with

name, and you'll

in prison, you can walk free and live

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

the phone! I've never met him in person!" the man

"But...

million to my account two days ago and promised

assassin

it to

to the

find a way to unlock this phone." Sean nodded firmly

"Thank you, Mr.

was escorted away, the silence returning to the ward as

helped Alyssa out, a sense of unease lingered in Axel's gut as

then, his phone vibrated, making his heart

his pupils constricting as he read the

a text from

a gut punch, sharp and

so much that his vision blurred, and he

She wrote, "Goodbye, Axel.

I'm leaving Solana City.

to find

or you manage to find out

trembled as he typed and

you, Amber? Tell me." A long time

there was

He wasn't satisfied.

with unshed tears, Axel bombarded Amber

if he had gone

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

you love me? Say

acold and sharp knife that sliced through his heart and made it

replied, "I don't

light that happened to appear

what the light

feeling that I've never

disappear, but feelings

feel anything for you anymore,

is all that I'm

really love me, don't

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