Chapter 1303:

Freya pressed her lips together, then handed the jacket back. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” Ellis said, his tone flat.

The walk back was quiet, neither of them saying much.

Noticing the silence, Ellis decided to satisfy his curiosity. “So, what’s your name?”

“Freya Briggs,” she replied.

In these selections, participants were usually assigned numbers. Real names only mattered after the first stage.

Ellis gave a soft nod, and the conversation dropped again.

A little later, his hand slipped into his jacket pocket in search of his watch. Instead, his fingers closed around a small box.

it had

recognized the packaging

away, he knew

Ellis asked, glancing at

with a nod. “I figured it was the


her concern. “I wasn’t serious about that,” Ellis said, handing the box back to her. “If you managed to break it, that just means you’ve got talent.” Many rookies couldn’t manage that—even some of the experienced team members failed at

something

box back. She pressed it firmly into his hand, insisting it was both an apology and a way to show her gratitude

noticed her determination and realized that if he didn’t accept

any rules, he

you went through the trouble for this watch, I’ll see to it that

L?tеst chαptєrs in g?l?ovє?s.???

She had only meant it

nowhere, she had to deal with the threat

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