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?”

surprise in his eyes. “You nailed

change everything—your face, your build, even

towel onto a chair and slid into bed, pulling her close. “The organization has disguise masters,” he said, his voice warm. “They

shook her head, still amazed. But another question burned

teasing. “Feeling smug, are

a bit. She could not deny the

not expected to feel anything for her, not after three brief meetings. After they were captured, he and


saw through the test first, outsmarting them all, he had felt a quiet pride. She was something else, he had thought, a spark igniting that

things were hard to

unfolds

watched others face the same trials, but Freya’s fire set her apart. It stayed with him, a pull

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