Chapter 191

Chapter 191 Kristian Was

Drugged

Tm hurt?" Freya asked.

"A staff member said you fell earlier, and it looked serious." Kristian had come running the moment he got wind of it.

Freya stiffened, then suddenly pieced it all together.

Just as she opened her mouth to tell him, "You've been tricked," the door

slammed shut with a sharp bang. A figure in black-masked, hat pulled low-stood behind it.

The noise snapped Kristian's head around.

In that fleeting instant, something clicked. "You're okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine," Freya replied, her voice as composed as ever.

Hearing that, Kristian's shoulders eased slightly, and he turned back to the door, trying to open it.

(Freya's gaze fixed on the door. If Kristian actually managed to open it, she'd be stunned.

As expected, he yanked at it a few times, but it was sealed tight.

Kristian's brow furrowed. This room was more isolated than the others. Everyone else was downstairs on the first floor. Even if he pounded on the door, no one would hear a thing.

After a beat, he pulled out his phone to call for help-only to find he had no signal. Freya caught on too,

"No signal," Kristian muttered, his face clouding over.

"It's probably that man behind Ashley making his move," Freya said steadily. At most, they'd be stuck in here for two or three hours.

Once the banquet downstairs ended and her father noticed her absence, he'd come looking.

It was just a matter of riding out a few hours in the same space as someone she didn't exactly care for.

Kristian slipped his phone back into his pocket and started searching the room. Freya joined him. No signal meant something was jamming it.

if this was the handiwork of that man, the device wouldn't be

him, finding solid proof

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the room in focused silence for ten minutes. Then, suddenly, a

surged through Kristian's body. He instinctively shrugged off his jacket and loosened the top two

the heat refused to

then walked over to the air conditioner

faint

minutes crawled

more uncontrollable was

Wait

sick realization

inward. His face darkened. He'd

thick with an edge

ringed with lashes, curious and watchful. She caught the look in his eyes and her brows

you feel anything strange in your system?" Kristian asked, his voice raspier

Freya blinked.

body had always had a higher tolerance for drugs,

she'd noticed when she first stepped inside, nothing had felt off-she'd been too focused on tracking the source

"Grab a towel, wet it, and cover your nose

wouldn't fix everything, but

hesitated, noticing the flushed color in his

his voice low, eyes

bathroom, dampened it, wrung it out, and slipped it on. The strange scent in the room faded

out,

but he stopped just in front of her. His voice was rough almost unfamiliar. "No matter what happens,

in."

Freya frowned.

and I lose control and something happens, that'll be on you." Without waiting for a response, Kristian turned

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191 Kristian

sound of running water echoed through

understood what he

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