Briony threw back the covers and stood up. "It's getting late-I should go," she said briskly.

She headed straight for the door, completely oblivious to the sudden shift in the man's expression behind her.

An instant later, a sharp pain shot through the back of her neck—and then everything went black.

Ferdinand caught Briony's limp body as she collapsed, the madness he'd been holding back now breaking through in his eyes.

"Bryn, if you won't listen, I'm afraid I have no choice but to do this."

...

Briony drifted in and out of consciousness, her mind foggy and her body feeling oddly weightless. Though her senses hadn't fully returned, a flicker of awareness began to stir.

She struggled, brow furrowing as she forced her heavy eyelids open.

Streetlights slid past in blurred streaks, their glow flickering through the windows of a dimly lit car interior.

Was she in someone's car?

Briony tried to sit up, but exhaustion dragged her back under, and she slipped into darkness again.

...

The city streets were nearly empty in the dead of night.

A black sedan trailed behind Ferdinand's car, keeping a careful, steady distance.

Ferdinand pulled into the parking garage of a private

underground lot, he carried the unconscious

rolled to a stop a short

beneath a baseball cap

the hospital's surgical suite, Ferdinand placed Briony on

young doctor glanced at him uncertainly. "Mr. Ellsworth, are you sure you want to proceed

shining in his eyes. "She's at the perfect stage in her cycle. Be

spent time under Ferdinand's care before; he knew her

nurse pushed Briony into the operating

hall, the man in black lingered in the shadows, watching. After a moment, he slipped into a side corridor and dialed a number. "She's just

an hour later, Briony was wheeled out of the

was waiting. "How

can

smile flickered

"Bryn, you've done well. Don't worry-I won't let you bear the burden of pregnancy. I'll find someone else to

deep sleep, unaware of

forehead. "Soon, Bryn, we'll

she found herself

was changing her IV

nurse said warmly. "Once this bag's done, you'll

her. "What happened

fainted from low blood sugar. Your friend brought

echoed, confused-just as

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