Chapter 1887: Living in Hell

Elsewhere.

OGW's secret base. This is a private location built by Rohomes. Hidden in the city, upstairs is a bustling dining and culinary center. No one would have thought that beneath it lay eight levels, serving as a secret base.

Since Athena broke free from Christian's control, Cloud moved her here to recover and bide her time. No one knew about this place, including Christian.

Ever since Cloud vanished from OGW, he disappeared without a trace.

Rohomes sent a new leader, Aldis, to assist Athena.

At this moment, Athena lay on the sofa in the basement living room, adorned in a pink cherry blossom-embroidered pajama. Despite the warmth outside, the underground was damp and chilling, sending shivers to her very core.

New wounds layered upon old ones, her injuries, though healing, could not fully mend.

She massaged her shoulder lightly, the basement's chill making her joints even more uncomfortable. Damn it, all of this was caused by that wretched Joyce, piercing her shoulder blade, and then Luther actually shot at her, exacerbating her previous injuries, making her suffer immensely. She would never forgive him, nor would she spare Joyce.

A light massage couldn't alleviate the pain. Gradually, her addiction resurfaced, convulsions taking over her body uncontrollably.

Unbeknownst to her, she escalated from one shot a day to four,

quit the painkillers for her own good. She knew that by constantly using medication, the dosage would increase, the addiction would grow, and eventually, she would be ruined. But

approached, holding a

face and trembling body, he glanced briefly but

low, "Miss, our technicians just reported that these blueprints for the electromagnetic pulse device have a flaw in a crucial technical section,

sat up abruptly, incredulous. "What do you mean?

say entirely fake. The blueprints are real, but there's a

that Cloud gave us faulty blueprints in exchange for his freedom?" Athena's gaze turned cold. If

all, it's not something I personally handled. It's also possible that Cloud wasn't aware of the blueprints being

Have you been able to contact him?" Athena forced

had been monitoring him. After leaving Khebury's territory, he mysteriously disappeared from satellite tracking. After leaving the country, we have no idea where he went," Aldis pointed out. "I arrived late, this is based

dared to vanish. Something's not right; there must be a problem." Athena slammed the blueprints onto the ground. Cloud had carefully orchestrated everything, diverting attention, just to free her from Christian's confinement. Initially, she wouldn't have doubted Cloud. But in

one thing: Cloud had

people had betrayed

explain this to His Highness," Aldis

spoke, Athena's satellite

echoed through the basement, creating an eerie

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