Chapter 439

"Wait for me, I'll be right there."

Isadora flagged down a maid with a ponytail and asked where the storage room

was.

The maid pointed her in the right direction.

Isadora asked her to find two people to come along and help.

The ponytailed maid shot her a quick glance and nodded, then hurried off.

The storage building at Walsh Manor was a fair distance from the banquet hall, down a narrow path that twisted through the estate grounds.

Streetlights cast a dim, yellowish glow, the wind rattling the branches overhead. Compared to the bright, lively lights of the banquet hall, the path felt like another world-one shrouded in darkness and unease.

As Isadora walked further, the air grew colder, and the shadows deeper.

She spotted the warehouse ahead, its doors standing wide open.

Just as she was about to step inside, she hesitated, stopping short before the entrance.

Instead, she pressed herself to the wall nearby, waiting and listening.

Just in case something unexpected happened, she decided to send Victor a message.

pulled out her phone-only to realize she

when Isadora's instincts

happened to fall near the warehouse, of all places? And now, right as

to return to the party, find Victor, and come

She turned to leave.

echoed out

and rushed inside, setting her

near the door, recognized Isadora's shadowy

I thought I saw a ghost

her phone's flashlight, sweeping the beam across the cluttered, pitch-black room

out of here. Can

to her feet, but her ankle was twisted,

over, slipping

her to

the exit, determined

icy, haunted-feeling place

then slowly swung shut with

panic. "What's going on? Is someone out there? We're locked

for her phone, but no matter what she tried, there was no signal

all.

over and

like this was a setup all along. Someone

her

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