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 hand stilling, a flicker of surprise in his eyes. “You nailed it,” he said with

you change everything—your face, your build,

tossed the towel onto a chair and slid into bed, pulling her close. “The organization has disguise masters,” he said,

her head, still amazed. But another question burned brighter. “So, was that when you started

was soft, teasing. “Feeling

a bit. She could not deny the warmth

the test, a stranger playing a part. He had not expected to feel anything for her, not after three brief meetings. After they were captured, he and Michael had been able to see their reactions. But watching her in that shack, her eyes


pride. She

were hard to

unfolds

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

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