In my fury, I glared at him. However, he ignored me and left without sparing another glance at me.

The only ones in the room were Spencer and me. When the man turned to look at me, he smiled. “Ms. Stovall, your room’s on the fourth floor. You…”

“Take me to the third floor,” I interrupted. Then, I walked out of the room. Armond’s villa was massive to the point one would take minutes just to go from one end to the other end of a floor. Spencer frowned, seemingly hesitant about leading me there.

Hence, I said, “Take me there. Since he wants to keep me here, he can’t possibly stop me from going anywhere.”

Spencer was taken aback by my words for a moment. A beat later, he nodded.

The layout of the third floor differed from the second floor; the third was locked by a steel door. At the sight of that, I grimaced. “Where are my friends? Have you locked them all in there?”

Spencer smiled before answering, “Of course not. Your friends are all on the fourth floor, Ms. Stovall. This floor is where he keeps his pets. They used to come out from there and scare the rest, so he locked them all in here.”

I nodded. “Are they all snakes? Does he keep anything else?”

smile remained on Spencer’s face as he replied, “Mr. Murphy likes to collect rare animals, so he almost has all kinds of creatures. He has had them for years now. Ms. Stovall, would

fine if the creatures were locked up as the animals

contemplation, I replied, “No need. Spencer,

the floor above ours. The villa was huge, and the structure of it was reminiscent of a noble castle

looked complicated. I did not know whether it was built that way

statues of Venus and saints. I was startled when I realized there was even a statue where one of the saints was breastfeeding

art, so I felt nothing

room. Holden was by the window, staring

I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw him. It seemed like Armond had not done anything to him. When he heard my footsteps, he

froze in my spot for a moment.

to point at the green patch downstairs, but no matter how long I looked at it, I found nothing

It looks fine to me.

look before replying, “Nope. It’s the growth of the plants. Can’t you

was winter then, and most of the plants

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