Chapter 1439
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However, in the next moment, Neera felt a sharp pain at the back of her neck and immediately lost consciousness.
In the fleeting moments before the darkness consumed her, she caught sight of Zephyr’s eyes.
Those eyes, brimming with intense regret and resentment, seemed to plead with her to resist being taken away, reflecting a profound self-loathing for not fulfilling his promise, for failing to protect her.
When Neera regained consciousness, it was the biting cold that jolted her awake.
Confused and disoriented, she couldn’t discern her surroundings until she realized she was in a bathtub.
The chilling revelation hit her as she discovered the tub filled with ice cubes and water, submerging her chest, with only her head exposed.
Bound hand and foot, Neera was left in this chilling predicament.
The duration of her immersion in the icy water remained unknown, and her body temperature had plummeted frighteningly low, causing uncontrollable shivers.
The unbearable cold surrounded her, her teeth chattering, and her lips taking on a frightening shade of purple. It felt as though she was on the brink of freezing to death.
Attempts to move her hands and feet were futile; the ropes were tied too tightly, rendering her unable to break free.
Neera forced herself to calm down, struggling to piece together the events leading to her loss of consciousness.
As she closed her eyes, the image of Zephyr’s eyes and the horrifying scene of Howard thrusting toward him resurfaced in her mind. The pain that gripped her heart was akin to being stabbed.
How is Zephyr? Is he… dead? What about Aunt Adriana? Is she still lying there, or has someone taken her away? Perhaps something else had happened?
questions swirled incessantly, consuming her attention and preventing her
passed before the biting cold forced her to pull her thoughts back to the
intensely, as she tried her best to control her trembling, Surveying her surroundings, she recognized that she was in an old, abandoned warehouse, and the bathtub she
lingered: before losing consciousness, Phoebe had mentioned wanting Howard to
Phoebe who brought me here, right? But there’s
the sound of approaching footsteps echoed from behind her, growing louder with each
click of high heels
through Neera’s body, her heart pounding in her chest. She instantly grasped that the approaching person was none other than Phoebe.
difficult. Restrained in the bathtub, she couldn’t even shift
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gradually drew closer, coming to
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anticipated Phoebe was about to speak, a sudden hand seized her head, forcefully submerging it into
and nose were engulfed in icy water, and her eyes, drenched in the
instinctively held her breath, struggling with all
and the bone-chilling coldness sliced across her face like
struggles, Phoebe
suffocation, Phoebe abruptly yanked her hair,
into her nostrils, mingling with the lingering
the ordeal was far
breaths, Phoebe, with a
water.
hand. Leisurely moving in front of Neera, Phoebe wiped her hands with
going?
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