Chapter 1308:

Only those who figured it out could pass.

Freya’s thoughts snapped back to the present, her soda now flat. Ellis had once mentioned disguise, and her mind flickered to the hostage—his slouched frame, his forgettable face.

Nothing matched Ellis’s sharp presence, his commanding air.

But his eyes. Something in them—piercing, unyielding—had lingered in her memory.

In that moment, her pulse quickened.

Later, as Ellis stepped out of the shower, towel draped over his shoulder, Freya could not hold back. “That third meeting,” she said, her voice cutting through the steam. “Were you the hostage?”

his eyes. “You nailed it,” he said with a

her curiosity alight. “How did you change everything—your face, your build, even your presence?” She was genuinely

the towel onto a chair and slid into bed, pulling her close. “The organization has disguise masters,” he said, his voice warm. “They make us vanish into whoever we need to

head, still amazed. But another question burned brighter. “So,

teasing. “Feeling

bit. She could not deny the warmth of

After they were captured, he and Michael had been able to see their reactions. But watching her in that shack, her eyes fierce, her will unbroken as she faced the


had felt a quiet pride. She was something else, he had

things were hard

unfolds

other evaluations, watched others face the same trials, but Freya’s fire set her apart. It

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