Chapter 575

Briony threw back the covers and stood up. "It's getting late-I should go," she said briskly.

She headed straight for the door, completely oblivious to the sudden shift in the man's expression behind her.

An instant later, a sharp pain shot through the back of her neck—and then everything went black.

Ferdinand caught Briony's limp body as she collapsed, the madness he'd been holding back now breaking through in his eyes.

"Bryn, if you won't listen, I'm afraid I have no choice but to do this."

...

Briony drifted in and out of consciousness, her mind foggy and her body feeling oddly weightless. Though her senses hadn't fully returned, a flicker of awareness began to stir.

She struggled, brow furrowing as she forced her heavy eyelids open.

Streetlights slid past in blurred streaks, their glow flickering through the windows of a dimly lit car interior.

Was she in someone's car?

Briony tried to sit up, but exhaustion dragged her back under, and she slipped into darkness again.

...

The city streets were nearly empty in the dead of night.

A black sedan trailed behind Ferdinand's car, keeping a careful, steady distance.

pulled into the parking garage of a private

the underground lot, he carried

sedan rolled to a stop a short distance

hidden beneath a baseball cap and

the hospital's surgical suite, Ferdinand placed Briony on a

are you sure you want

locked on Briony's unconscious form—a manic possessiveness shining in his eyes. "She's at the perfect stage in her

before; he knew her medical

nurse pushed Briony into the

man in black lingered in the shadows, watching. After a moment, he slipped into

was wheeled out of the operating

was waiting. "How did

Ellsworth. You can rest easy," the doctor assured

smile flickered across

cheek with his hand. "Bryn, you've done well. Don't worry-I won't let you bear the

sleep, unaware of anything that

pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead. "Soon, Bryn, we'll have a child

to, she found herself in

changing

warmly. "Once this bag's done, you'll be able to go

at her. "What happened to

low blood sugar.

echoed, confused-just

Ferdinand walked in.

of him, flashes of last night's

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