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98. Behind Closed and Locked Door

Author: MissGreen
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-11-20 23:33:10

Inside the room were Father, Alexei, Gabriel, and another Nightshade leader. Victoria's father didn't come at all, and I didn't expect him to want to see my condition anyway. I could feel his hatred toward me, just like his daughter's. It had been clear from the very beginning that Victoria and Dimitri were the ones who caused the trouble.

Father sat on the edge of the bed beside me. It was something I had never experienced before. From the look on his face, I couldn't deny it; there was genuine worry etched there.

Was his warning for me not to join the hunt a premonition… or just a coincidence?

"We don't know which syndicate they were from. There's no data on either of them. It's been protected… or deliberately erased," Alexei murmured.

He glanced at me, his eyes reflecting the same worry as Father's.

Those hired killers would stay silent forever. Because I had killed them. And just like that, the trail leading to the real mastermind had been cut off.

"They shouldn't have been shot o
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