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?”

almost has all

see anything from behind the steel door, I dared not answer him immediately. It would be fine if the creatures were locked up as the animals in the zoo,

contemplation, I replied, “No need. Spencer, please take me

floor above ours. The villa was huge, and the structure

know whether it was built

I saw a lavish living room decorated with statues of Venus and saints. I was startled when I realized there was even a statue where one of the saints was breastfeeding a

to appreciate art, so

in the living room. Holden was by the window, staring outside. For a moment, I wondered what

I saw him. It seemed like Armond had not done anything to him. When he heard my footsteps, he turned to look at me.

in my spot

it odd?” He raised his arm to point at the green patch downstairs, but no matter how long

I looked at him, perplexed, and asked, “What’s odd about it? It looks fine to me. Is it some kind of Fengshui setting? When

“Nope. It’s the growth of the plants.

still, I could not see anything strange about it. It was winter then, and most of the plants had wilted. The only

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