Bella trembled in Christopher's arms. She felt a flicker of hope. 'Could it be Justin? Could it be her brothers? Have they finally found me?!'

Intense emotions crashed within her, and tears welled up in her eyes. However, she was under the influence of drugs-her limbs were weak, devoid of any strength, making it impossible for her to struggle out of his embrace.

"A guest?"

Christopher's face instantly soured. "How many?"

"Just one... a man."

The tension in Christopher's heart did not ease upon hearing this.

respond, a series of heavy footsteps echoed through the hall, unimpeded, as they made their

Iverson." The man's voice

as she looked over. What she

contracted sharply as she stared unblinkingly at the man's familiar face-a face deeply etched in her heart. Her heart was pounding heavily inside her chest as her breath quickened. "Hugh... Hugh!" Bella's eyes were red, and she cried out

the suppressed fear overwhelmed her like a flood. She wept like a child, tears streaming down her face, shattering the image of the once

man who stood before her looked exactly like her dead brother, Hugh. He remained expressionless.

tear-streaked Bella before turning his

here to help me?" Christopher's voice strained as

you more good than harm, right?" Christopher felt a sharp sting in his heart. He knew what that face meant to Bella. Grant was a meticulous strategist who never made a wrong

the man, salty tears slipping into her mouth. This man was also under the command

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