Chapter 396 396: They brought her back

"She's waking up."

A faint voice reverberated through Sherlyn's foggy mind as her eyelids fluttered open. Slowly, the blurred shapes around her began to take form. She was no longer in that dark room—she was home, in her father's house.

She blinked, confused, her gaze scanning the room until it landed on two familiar faces—her father, Jeremy, and Kaden, standing beside her bed.

"Thank God she's okay," Jeremy exhaled, his voice thick with relief. But Sherlyn just stared at him, dazed and silent.

It took her a moment to truly understand—she was safe. Those men were gone. That nightmare... was over.

Then something clicked in her mind, and her eyes widened as they locked onto her father's.

"I'll call the doctor," Jeremy said quickly, as if avoiding her gaze. Before she could find her voice, he turned and left the room, leaving her alone with Kaden.

"Kaden, I—"

"Shh… Don't talk," he said gently, stepping closer. "The doctor's on the way. You need to rest."

She tried to sit up, but a wave of dizziness swept over her, and she collapsed back onto the pillows with a soft groan.

"T-Those people… they—" Sherlyn's voice cracked, her throat dry and raw from dehydration. She struggled to continue, but the words stuck.

Her lashes fluttered again, exhaustion pulling her under. Before she could say another word, darkness claimed her once more.

While the doctor was busy examining Sherlyn, Kaden stepped outside the room, phone pressed to his ear.

"She's back. She's safe," he informed Eveline quietly.

moment of silence on the other end before Eveline responded, her

How did

one around. It looked like she'd been brought here willingly," Kaden explained,

stay with her,

phone, Kaden

turned to Gabriel

a mix of relief

kidnapped her for a reason—and never intended

known Sherlyn was a target, and not without reason. But now that she had been returned unharmed, one thing was clear: the purpose behind her abduction

it's time we put

couldn't shake the unease

always known this day would come—that they would eventually have to confront Jedrick head-on. But

***

Sherlyn finally stirred awake. This time, she felt the care that surrounded her—her wrists and ankles, once raw and bruised, were now

struggled so much," a familiar voice said gently. "Look

Kaden, who sat at her bedside, watching her with

a deep breath, then exhaled slowly, closing her eyes for a moment. Her mind was still haunted by the time she spent in that dark room—those endless, terrifying moments when death had seemed just inches away. The faces

they would kill—" Her voice broke, the rest of the words

her face. The warmth of his hand grounded her, pulling her back from the edge of those memories. Her anxious

he said softly. "Not while I'm

she'd

away—kidnapped, drugged, and left to fear for her life. And just when she thought it was all over…

Her rational mind was

taken her... only to drop her

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