Winnie had no idea what was happening to her.

Her body was completely immobile, and she lay there, questioning everything. Wasn't she already dead? How could her eyes still open?

She vaguely remembered someone pulling her out just before the explosion.

"You're awake?" A deep, familiar voice broke the silence.

Winnie's eyes widened in shock as the man's face came into focus. It was him!

The masked man.

Her eyes burned with anger, glaring at him as if she wanted to tear him apart.

Unfazed, the man smirked and said, "Don't look at me like that. I saved you. If it weren't for me, you'd already be dead. Show some respect to your savior." Winnie couldn't speak, so her furious glare only intensified.

The man nonchalantly patted her shoulder. "Focus on recovering. I still have plans for you."

Her pupils trembled. What did he mean by that? What was this man planning?

*

of town, Jamie was still feverish and delirious, murmuring Winnie's name in

anxious, called for

If she's sick, take her to the hospital," Caleb grumbled, though he

his examination, Ben frowned and asked, "How is she? She's had this fever since last

was evident. The normally stoic and composed Ben was now tense, his concern

had wanted to take Jamie to the hospital, but she had

see Jamie so weak and frail. It

Caleb took a moment before responding. "Her fever is triggered by emotional distress. From

He thought back

"That makes sense," Caleb

sister's death hit her too hard. It's left her emotionally shaken,

Ben

"But it'll take time. Right now, you need to

immediately thought of Charlie

glanced at Jamie, whose cheeks were flushed from the fever, and then motioned for

in a low

heart transplant. But with Jamie in her current state..." "She'll

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