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Chapter 266 From This Point On, He's In My Care

Freya had backup waiting down below, so she'd be alright.

As for what was unfolding atop the cliff, Kristian would deal with Brendan and his

crew.

He had sworn to her she'd be safe.

The instant Freya spotted the yacht gliding beneath them, realization struck like lightning. As her body plunged downward, she instinctively latched onto Kristian with the hand still gripping the gun, yanking him along with

her.

At that very moment, her other hand emerged with a fanned-out deck of playing cards, which she whipped through the air toward Brendan and his men with expert precision.

The entire sequence unraveled in barely a heartbeat-far too fast for anyone to respond.

Brendan hadn't seen it coming. As Freya and Kristian plummeted, one of the razor-edged cards sliced across

his cheek, leaving a thin, stinging line of blood.

Several of his armed men weren't so lucky, taking sharp hits from the whirling cards.

A thunderous splash echoed below as Kristian and Freya crashed into the sea in dramatic unison.

The people aboard the yacht wasted no time pulling them out.

Just as Kristian clambered onto the deck and reached down to hoist Freya up, his eyes locked on Brendan at

the cliff's edge, gun drawn.

More precisely, it was aimed straight at Freya.

A single shot rang out.

The bullet screamed through the air with blistering speed.

Kristian didn't have the luxury of thought; instinct kicked in as he leaned forward, shielding Freya with his own body. The bullet slammed into his back, and his crisp white shirt bloomed red with blood.

Despite the burning pain tearing through him, he forced his expression to remain calm, lifting Freya onto the

yacht without flinching.

Brendan was readying another shot when Freya raised her gun, leveling it directly at him.

But before she could fire, a sudden force knocked the weapon from Brendan's grip.

A team of soldiers in uniform emerged from the trees behind him, encircling him completely. At the head of

the group stood Ellis.

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eyes on Ellis, a wave of

towering cliffs left no way to climb back up. More urgently,

Brendan, Ellis

tongue as Ellis stepped forward. "Captain Lambert. Be a

him into custody," he ordered. "Seal

"Understood."

out." Ellis didn't

a bullet. The blood-soaked fabric clinging to his back made that crystal clear-and

untreated.

Freya but remembered she had

set off to find them

on the yacht, Freya's attention had shifted entirely to Kristian once Brendan and his men were apprehended. "Brendan fired earlier. Did you get

though his lips were drained of color. "The yacht was

she hadn't realized

herself when Kristian cut

steering the vessel. "Give me a jacket. It's

peeled off his black windbreaker

touch something that wasn't spotless, slipped it on

of his

had only asked for the jacket to

Her eyes shifted to the man at the helm, her

in faint recognition.

me?" Lawrence Hayes had a clean-cut look, with a smile like

charming.

Freya's frown deepened.

known for being both noble

helped anyone

of arrangement had Kristian

with him?" Freya asked,

Kristian.

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could answer, Lawrence chimed in, voice breezy, "Actually, I

thanking you. If

weren't for-"

off. "Just

zipping

stirred Freya's suspicions further. "Did

him?"

obsession with studying human psychology, often dabbling in

favorite phrase? "Science leads

I didn't," Kristian lied, his gaze softening with warmth. "He owed me a

he got the raw end of it, so he asked me to return one later.

are you?" Freya

gave a faint smile. "I'm

seemed

between them, and certain truths

untouched.

back there," Freya said after a moment. "I

ever need help investigating something or

know."

me anything. Brendan was after me from the beginning." Kristian's breathing had

and labored.