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Irene

“Alpha Radcliffe was going to help me escape?”

My eyebrows shot up when I jammed the door forcefully after he left. He sounded so serious about what he was offering as he talked to me.

I needed this badly and he could tell.

After thinking about it for some time, I discovered that there was no way he could tell Lucian about this.

I decided to take the risk. After all, I have been taking risks since I stepped my feet into this place and I wasn't dead yet.

First, I had to find Alpha Radcliffe.

***

"You should have stayed in bed, Irene,” I said to myself when I found myself in the venue where he told us to meet.

The only thing surrounding me were bushes and as I stepped deeper into the forest, I could only hear the sounds from the crickets in the dark.

The moon was still shining bright, casting its light over my path.

I had no idea what I was doing. But I was sure that I was on my way to meet the man who would help me with my escape.

My heart thumped forcefully in a rhythmic
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