Chapter 0293

Ella POV

Alexander and I entered the room slowly. It was a small room witha single table and several chairs around it. It looked like it was probably a break room for the employees of the warehouse at some point.

I could see the discoloration on the wall where a refrigerator had once been and there was a long, grimy counter that probably held a microwave at one point. But now the room was inhabited by Dr. McIntyre and several men in dark suits, nothing else.

"Leave," Alexander ordered as we walked the short distance to the table. The men didn't hesitate to obey his order.

Dr. McIntyre didn't lift her head until the door clicked shut behind the others. Then, she looked up at me and smiled.

The expression made me uncomfortable and I glared at her. Alexander sat in the chair across from her and I sat beside him.

"I'm glad to see you're uninjured," Alexander said in a friendly tone.

"Thanks to you," Dr. McIntyre said with a smile. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not thrilled about being held o here, but it is better than being dead.”

captive

you find yourself

said. "You don't have

wanted to say to me?"

There was no reason for them to act so friendly given the situation. This was the woman that had slowly poisoned me

said. "For the record, I think you should know that. The only reason that I reached out to you is because things have

what way?" Alexander

did my best to keep

on my family," she said, looking at Alexander. "So I don't have to explain to you why I hate you

from

help

was planning," she said angrily. "When

"If you're going

point in having this conversation. Just

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