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Chapter 171 - 171: Assassin

Elizabeth paced around her bedroom after the call with Stefan, her brows furrowed in deep thought. The evening's events swirled like a storm in her mind—Ivy's threats and Ruby's shaken expression. It was all spiraling out of control.

She stood by her bedroom window, her arms folded tightly across her chest as she watched the moonlight filter through the trees swaying in the wind. Something had to be done. And it had to be done fast.

Ivy—that girl had always been unpredictable, but Elizabeth had never imagined she could be this dangerous—malicious, even.

Elizabeth began pacing again, her satin robe trailing behind her as she muttered softly to herself. "How do we get rid of her? How do we make sure she never hurts Stefan or Ruby again?"

She stopped by her dresser and leaned against it, her fingers tapping anxiously on the wood. Then a thought hit her—Eliana.

Her eyes widened as the memory resurfaced: Ivy leaning over Eliana's unconscious body in the hospital room and saying those malicious words.

What if Ivy really had something to do with Eliana's accident? Peri, she could use that to get Ivy locked up for good. But how?

Her heart began to race.

"If we can prove Ivy caused that accident… if we can connect her to it…" she whispered, eyes narrowing with resolve. "We need Eliana awake. She might be the only one who knows what really happened."

But as quickly as the idea formed, a darker thought crept in, cold and terrifying.

What if Ivy had already realized Eliana could expose her?

What if, after the scandal tonight, Ivy planned to finish what she started?

Her chest tightened at the possibility.

"No," she said aloud, turning on her heel. "I can't risk it."

She can't allow that to happen. She would need to do something quickly before it's too late. But what could she possibly do right now?

It was late in the night and there was no way she could leave now. But what if before she could go there tomorrow morning, something bad had already happened to Eliana?

What was her plan even? It was one thing to go to the hospital but it was another to know what to do and right now, she didn't know and not just that, she was alone.

about this. It was going to cause Ruby distress. She needed to handle this on

out a dark coat and slipping into it. Then

to Zeden General. And

stepped outside, three of her most trusted guards were already waiting in the SUV. They

as she climbed in.

or why Elizabeth wants to save her at such an odd hour, they climbed into

"Two of you will change into nurse uniforms. I want you stationed outside Eliana's room but don't make it obvious. Watch every corridor. Anyone suspicious, anyone who even looks like they don't belong, alert me immediately. You have

they replied in

manager. But the receptionist, clearly exhausted, informed her

her. She didn't need permission to do what she wanted to do. She'd only wanted to speak to the manager so that it could be easy to catch anyone suspicious but since he wasn't here, she was going to do it all

the patient wing, and slipped

to glance around before pushing open the door

soft beeping from the monitors filling the silence. Eliana lay still, her face pale but

could see that Eliana was still very alive and that meant Ivy was yet to take actions. Since she was here now, she'd need to be extra vigilant and pray Ivy doesn't disappoint,

reaching out to brush a

need you to wake up now. I need your help," she whispered, her voice trembling slightly. "We need to stop her. We need the truth.

nurses—took their positions on the far end of the corridor, pretending to be busy with their phones while their eyes scanned every person who passed by,

planning, they would

And Elizabeth?

Stefan and Ruby. She

through the half-closed blinds in Eliana's hospital room, casting soft shadows across the pale sheets and the still figure in the bed. The rhythmic beeping of the heart monitor

fallen asleep in. She blinked groggily, unsure of where she was for a moment until the sudden buzz of her phone snapped

reached for it quickly and unlocked the screen to see a new text message from one of her guards. Her brows furrowed as she quickly tapped on

men spotted a doctor heading toward Room 203 to check on

a quick hand through her hair, and looked

was illegal, she had to make sure she wasn't caught before she

found two of her guards now back in their regular clothes, standing casually at opposite

he said. "They saw him enter from the east

from a distance. No one else gets in that room until we're sure