Chapter 922

In the dead of night, the hospital corridors were eerily quiet, with only a lone nurse at the front desk fighting a losing battle against sleep.

Suddenly, the surveillance monitors flickered red, signaling a loose connection.

A man in a lab coat, his face obscured by a mask, darted past the front desk towards Mrs. Jones's room with the urgency of a shadow.

He glanced around cautiously, ensuring no one was in sight, before silently slipping into the room.

The figure in the bed was curled up on their side, seemingly in a deep slumber.

The man crept closer, drawing a dagger from his sleeve. He raised his arm high, ready to plunge the blade into the unsuspecting victim!

But in a heartbeat, his vision went dark-

in bed had suddenly sprung up, throwing the blanket

and stabbing at the fabric. When he finally tore the blanket away, he was met with

bullet in your brain," came a voice from

and piercing in the gloom, twinkled with a mischievous

The door burst open-

a team into the room,

Jason asked, concern lacing his

didn't even have to lift a finger. A blanket was all it took to handle this amateur," Elvis quipped, effortlessly taking the dagger from the man's grasp. "Buddy,

a shiver down the man's

gave way, and

"Talk."

gun slightly against his head. "Your boss- who is he? Spill, and at worst you're looking at attempted murder, maybe twenty years tops. Keep quiet, and I can't promise you'll walk out of here in one piece." "I... I've only ever talked to him over the phone, never met him in person!" the man stammered, drenched in sweat. "But I have his number! We've texted, and just two days ago, he wired a

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