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.

the handiwork of that man, the device wouldn't be easy to find. He was too

suspected him, finding solid proof was nearly

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off his jacket and loosened the top

the heat

walked over to the air

faint frown. Was

minutes crawled

more uncontrollable was surging

Wait

realization

face darkened. He'd been drugged-without

voice low and magnetic, thick with an

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

Kristian asked, his voice raspier now, as the heat inside him threatened to

Freya blinked.

always had a higher tolerance

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

fine, Kristian gave a warning. "Grab a towel, wet it,

fix everything, but it was

the flushed

urged, his voice low,

purse, went into the bathroom, dampened it, wrung it out, and slipped it on. The strange scent

stepped out,

just in front of her.

in."

Freya frowned.

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

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of running water echoed through

instantly understood

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