scussing business and introducing Valerie had been quite exhausting today, even thou

ting that Morvane-where has she gone?" Nolan asked his wi

heading towards the back

opened my present, even though today is her birthday. Has s

arading Valerie around to the guests like some sor

sed when Valerie had slipped out of his

You've been busy all day getting everything ready

lst Nolan stood still for a moment, wat

N! NO

ards the source of the sound as Nolan's mother

kneeling at the threshold of his dau

ng, Mum? Ca

alerie's been

sarray and unrecognisable; how could this have h

s room, which looked like a shipwreck; on the dressing t

PR

rived, including security personnel, and they were stunned to

floor; she hugged Nolan tightly, her eye

ppened?!" Her voice boo

o his business associates today; just today, all the guests were within his reach. No one had

He tried to think clearly and

ed? No! Nolan couldn't just make accusations, but he had to find his da

Rovano, who has been behaving suspicio

MY DAU

a distance. He was part of

n't check anything! Everything's gone! Inclu

d panic swept through the entire building. Nolan tried to calm his fami

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low; the sun was about to rise. Rovano stood at the edge of the balco

near the coast-perhaps in Langholmen

rectly here from Boston since last night.

small dose of sedative so she wou

wo years; Rovano was free to come here whenever he pleased with

something urgent, he can't stay in Europe for long becau

of the bed; he moved very slowl

though the effects of the sedative

e target he had suc

st time, especially since receiving information about the Ashford famil

he first visited the Ashford Mansion, there was a

beside him drove Rovano mad; he wanted to devour her immedia

ed; Rovano was itching to see her

truly mad; his mental illn

; his hands itched, but he refused to do anythi

his fill of torturing them, if any died from the ordeal, he'd order someone to dispose of the body;

t most, he'd keep his victims

no couldn't even think of anything oth

uch, and that instantly satisfied his desire, so there

n his entire life. Men were the same. The point was, he'd

tly. Had Valerie woken up? Rovano decided to stay where he was an

mm

nked; she gathered her wits completely

she had woken up; she realised

e blanket covering her body up to

en her head turned to the side where

o?! Wher