Chapter 189

Another VIP hospital room.

Elise arrived, carrying a thermos of homemade chicken broth she'd simmered for three hours. She wore a floral dress under a knitted cardigan, her makeup flawless and every curl in place. When she stepped inside, she found the room cold and empty-no one was there.

Just as she turned to look for him, a nurse wheeled Magnus into the room.

"Magnus, where were you? You just had surgery. You should be resting."

Magnus's eyes, usually warm, were icy and sharp as he studied Elise, staring at her as if she were a stranger.

His gaze made her skin crawl. She reached up, touching her own face nervously.

"Magnus... what's wrong, big brother? Is there something on my face?"

Magnus gestured for the nurse to leave them alone.

was steady but

blinked, trying to sound light.

Isadora were kidnapped... did you have any part

echoed

pale as the words hit her. Her grip loosened, and the thermos slipped from her hand, spilling golden

the armrest of his wheelchair. "Magnus, why would you say

low and dangerous. "How

She hates that I stole you from her, that I took your

the story about us sleeping together is a lie? Wasn't it you

in Elise's eyes. She had thought Isadora wouldn't survive the kidnapping. That's why, back in the

only did they fail to finish the job, Isadora came

of his wheelchair. "I told you

"Magnus,

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