Can’t Win Me Back

Hell on Earth? This place resembled a decrepit hospital.

But why had Sheryl described it as "hell on Earth"? Amber's body convulsed uncontrollably, her consciousness flickering between clarity and haze.

Fragments of memory surfaced —a dim recollection of drinking with Carl in the cellar after The Millennium's closure.

She'd despised working with Carl but had cozied up to him for the sake of extracting information.

Carl had revealed that "Sir" was deeply entrenched in the pharmaceutical industry.

With connections to Mosgravia's government officials and elite circles, "Sir" wielded considerable power and ran a thriving business.

Since his business revolved around pharmaceuticals, clinical trials were inevitable.

To facilitate this, Sir owned a private hospital in Mosgravia.

That hospital, however, was merely a facade.

Beneath its sterile exterior, three basement levels housed patients—unwilling subjects for experimental drugs.

Amber shivered.

This place bore an uncanny resemblance to Carl's grim description.

Could this be where Justin and Sheryl conducted their drug experiments? Scoffing through her labored breaths, Amber mustered a response.

"Hell on Earth? D-Did you think...

I'd be...

She fixed Shery] with a defiant glare, her chest heaving

Amber added, "All those

were hell...

It's...

just death...

W-What's there...

face twisted in

dreams!" Grabbing Amber's chin,

a god

I control everything here.

I'm in a good mood, I might go easy

for death." Amber's eyes betrayed no emotion, a

Fuming, Sheryl slapped her.

with Jameson! He was just one of Sir's lackeys, and you? You're nothing but

and backed by the Taylor family, you think you've become someone important? If Axel saw how you served

lashes fluttered, and tears

darkest fears, and hearing it

can share with you since you won't escape this place anyway." Stroking

Jimmy wasn't the

capable of." With that, Sheryl

heavy metal doors slammed shut, the deadbolt locking with a menacing

lay motionless, her body paralyzed

at the blinking green light of the surveillance camera