le

bolted myself in my bedroom, my heart threatening to

my hand at the event was small, totally

cided to plugged it in and find

er slipping it in. Suddenly, a singl

d on it

gled to see what took the major space in the room and Al I could see were c

eping my face keenly on t

d, everything be

at can

ldn't be

s already

e was my

much alive,

o explanation was given ad to why he was in chains. No location

attling violently for

ll along. Someone very dangerous

ag me into a game. And judging from the circumst

ly alive as claimed? And if so with evidence

the same time. I am yet to recover from all the sudden happenings and from what I had watched

ook on his face, he was completely unbothered, and on his hand was his morning espress

e horrible information down in front of him. "It would be in

s he barely glanced at it. "Gre

nds flat against the desk he was working on. "My father who was dead is very much aliv

ow a lot of things, Celeste. But this particular one?" He pushed the flash drive in same m

, slicing like a knife through the space left between us. "You have alw

, I wouldn't have waited a second without using the information against yo

ept that he ha

palms with my fingers. "If I found out you're lying

e. "you would run? Work toward exposing me? You don't expect to work that through yourself withou

my thinking. I needed a smart plan more than ever before. If Killian as he said, truly does not hav

uxury at my disposal again, b

l be needing

s a long

on it. I paced restlessly in my bedroom, expecting

ne. "Celeste, I won't lecture you, but you seem no

war. "What do you me

You think the cruel Killian will willingly give you the permission to walk away from this? You're everything he e

Lena, I beg you to help me, plea

't hel

pected. Never in my imagination ha

are you

then without another w

ping me? Are there more t