Yvonne looked at Jace with bloodshot eyes as she drove the gleaming blade straight toward Jace's chest.

Back when she was following Christopher, the first thing she learned was how to deliver a lethal strike in the shortest time possible. Her moves did not need to be elegant, only deadly.

She hated seeing blood and loathed the idea of killing. For years, she had never once used the techniques she had been taught.

Now, this man was the first to push her to act!

But just as the tip of her dagger was about to strike Jace's vital point, she hesitated.

A voice echoed in her mind-Drew's anguished and sorrowful voice. "Yvonne, I've always thought Jace was my long-lost brother, Hugh! We miss him so much... We just want him to come back home!"

Yvonne widened her eyes, and her movements slowed as the keen edge of her blade grew dull.

That split-second of hesitation was all it took for the tide to turn.

Jace remained still; his expression was as cold as the depths of the ocean as he firmly grasped Yvonne's delicate wrist and twisted it with force.

"Ah-!" Yvonne let out a muffled cry, her entire body drenched in cold sweat. The dagger fell from her hand with a clatter.

Before she could react, Jace yanked her toward him. Her back slammed hard into his chest, and his muscular forearm wrapped around her neck like an iron vise, completely immobilizing her.

Yvonne gasped for air, but her strength was rapidly waning. Her face flushed red as her breathing grew shallow and labored.

kill someone properly. You're nothing but Christopher's failed creation." Jace spoke in a cold manner, his intense gaze locked onto Yvonne's flushed

applied a little more force, it would take less than

her alive, he thought it might be better to

sometimes be far more agonizing

Grant's methods all too

crimson eyes as she

trembling hands. "Please... wake

go again with Hugh!' Jace's chest heaved rapidly, and a peculiar uneasiness seized him

I have to tell you? I'm

locked onto his, her lips trembling as she forced out her words. "Your family...is still waiting...for you

a deep-seated sore spot in Jace's

his chest,

throbbed, and the stabbing pain caused his

breath, her airway finally clearing. But instead of fighting back or running away, she tried to convince him to turn this loyal subordinate

knew she could not get away unless he let her, so she

whether you're Hugh or not, I can tell you

a cold laugh. "I spared you only because my orders were to bring you back alive. I'm just here to complete my

true for this time... What about last

Carrie, was kidnapped, you and I were ordered by Christopher to create a

was sharp, unrelenting. "I secretly passed information to them, pretending to fall into a trap... You saw through everything but chose to cover for me. You didn't report me to Christopher. What

did not waver, his expression

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