The Unshackled Queen: Never Say Never by Gilbert Soysal

Bagot checked his phone and saw several messages from Hannah, all brimming with impatience.

He set the phone aside without responding and turned to Cowan.

“How long until I can leave the hospital?”

“The doctor mentioned it should be by next week,” Cowan replied.

Bagot nodded thoughtfully.

“Once I’m discharged, please arrange some valuable gifts.

We’ll pay a visit to the Compton family together.

”

“Understood, Mr.

Delgado.

Cowan affirmed before exiting the room, leaving Bagot alone with his thoughts and

danced in his eyes

Hannah, having sent her series of messages on the app, logged out without a second thought about Bagot’s

she retreated to her room, hoping to

refusing to grant her the

up abruptly, she shook her head as if to dispel her unease,

Splash!

the space as she turned on the tap, her gaze lost in the swirling vortex of

cascaded through her mind, each more taxing

felt overwhelmed,

through the warm water, before finally shutting off the

her head rested against the porcelain rim,

in ghostly wisps, veiling the mirror and cloaking

of the bath seeped into her bones,

the water’s embrace grew colder, an icy chill

Her eyes snapped open.

surged-a tidal wave of cold

again, floundering in the deep, dark