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.

minutes later, Ferdinand pulled into the parking garage of a

the underground lot, he carried the unconscious Briony

to a stop a

face mostly hidden beneath a baseball cap

Ferdinand placed Briony on a

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

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

time under Ferdinand's care before; he knew her

nurse pushed Briony into the operating

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

Briony was wheeled out of

was waiting. "How

You can rest easy," the

smile flickered

well. Don't worry-I won't let you bear

deep sleep, unaware of anything that

"Soon,

came to, she found herself in a hospital

changing

"Once this

at her. "What happened

sugar. Your friend

friend?" Briony echoed, confused-just as the

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