Chapter 1197

“No, let’s wait until tomorrow. I’ve studied the security system here. Without the specific key, the alarm will be triggered, drawing the police. That won’t be good for us,” said one of the suspicious men.

Blake heard their conversation and the fading footsteps as they disappeared at the end of the corridor. Only after they were

completely gone did she let her guard down. Closing her eyes, she felt as if all her strength had been sapped away. She slid down the wall, feeling like a survivor in the aftermath of a crisis.

That night, with a dagger in hand, she remained half-dozed, half-

awake. The heating was off, so she wrapped herself tightly in a black down jacket to ward off the cold. The barking of stray dogs awoke

her the next morning. It was only seven o’clock. Recalling the

previous night’s events, Blake immediately called the police.

After the police arrived promptly, Blake showed them the surveillance

Kevin’s computer. The two

faces from the night before but could not find

Fearing she was being targeted, Blake requested

her to a specific

the police agreed, Blake quickly packed and got into the

she saw those

they did not follow. She breathed a sigh of

a black car, a man with a tattoo on his neck made a call. “Ms.

a police car. We couldn’t

headed to

‘By going to Southern Haven

fiddled with the cell phone in her hand and sipped her coffee.” If one wishes to climb the social ladder, one can’t afford to have weaknesses. One must nip it in the bud. That’s what you taught me, Zach.” She caressed a photo

had seen the worst of people and circumstances.

looked down on her bow at her feet. Years ago, as a pawn for her father’s debts, she almost fell victim to

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