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.

she escalated from one shot a day to four, every six hours. But

the addiction would grow, and eventually, she would be ruined. But she couldn't care less. The hatred burning within her was like

approached, holding a set of

pale face and trembling body, he glanced briefly but

device have a flaw in a crucial technical section, making it impossible to

do you mean? Are you saying the blueprints are

shrugged. "I wouldn't say entirely fake. The blueprints are real, but there's a

suggesting that Cloud gave us faulty blueprints in exchange for his freedom?" Athena's gaze turned cold. If that were the case, Cloud had betrayed her, which was

I personally handled. It's also possible that Cloud wasn't aware of the blueprints being flawed, considering he's not a technician. Even our technicians didn't notice the issue until a thorough examination."

he did it intentionally. Damn it, where is he now? Have you been able to contact him?" Athena forced herself to stand, grabbing her satellite phone from the coffee

we have no idea where he went," Aldis pointed out. "I

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 the end, he

only meant one thing: Cloud had ultimately allied with

had betrayed her.

afraid you'll need to explain this

he spoke, Athena's satellite phone

sharp sound echoed through the

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