Chapter 1961


    Chapter 1961 Hanging By A Thread


    As the men continued their search, they quickly captured the attention of the ind’s inhabitants. In the


    dead of night, no one noticed the ocean surface turning faint red, as though being tainted.


    In the meantime, Lana was on a search for Matteo as well. Ever since Theo seeded on the mission,


    she had already been on the lookout for him.


    To her dismay, she had not expected Hugo’s security to be so advanced. Even though her team was


    still fifty kilometers away from shore, the seawater there was also detected by the ind’sser beams.


    “That old son of a-”


    Lana scolded in frustration. She grabbed the nearestmunication device and attempted to contact


    Matteo once again.


    “Matteo? Matteo? Do you copy?” There was no answer. The only thing that greeted her was dead


    silence.


    Lana paled at theck of response. Scanning the pitch ck waters in front of her, a shiver ran down


    her spine. After a brief pause, Lana ordered her team behind her, “Bring me my diving suit.”


    “Captain Warlow?” The police officers following behind her were startled.


    They were still a long way from the ind. Not to mention thatser systems were defending the


    waters. If Lana were to dive into the sea, even though she might be able to maintain a safe depth, there


    would still be a huge risk of her triggering the security system. If that were to happen, her body would


    be one with the ocean, carried away by the tides.


    Naturally, everyone disagreed with her n.


    Enraged by their unresponsiveness, Lana threw themunication device onto the ground with a


    tter before turning to take her diving gears herself.


    Just then, something caught the attention of one of the officers. He noticed some movement on the


    ind through the binocrs.


    “Captain Warlow, look! I think there’s someone there!” Without a word, Lana immediately went over to


    take a look.


    There really were people on the shore. When Lana took hold of the binocrs, she could see the


    silhouette of a person dragging another person out of the water on the shallow end of fast west of the


    ind. The outlines of the two people were partly shielded by the multiple boulders on the shore.


    Could it be…?


    Lana’s heart skipped a beat.


    Needless to say, it was Theo.


    But who was the one who saved him?


    Not even in a million years would it cross one’s mind that it was Rosalie who saved Theo. When


    everyone on the ind was keeping a lookout for Theo, only Rosalie figured out Theo’s most likely


    hiding spot. She deduced that Theo would be hiding in the same ce where he had to kill his


    companions during the training camp, the ce where he emerged as the sole survivor.


    It was a secluded space surrounded by steep stone walls.


    Back then, Hugo had specially chosen that ce to test Theo’s skills.


    Rosalie was not stupid. It took her almost no time at all to figure out where Theo could be hiding.


    After all, with the ind onplete lockdown, if the man had not escaped the ind, that would be


    the only ce he would hide in.


    Thud!


    With all her might, Rosalie dragged Theo into the basement and dropped him onto the ground. The


    moment his body hit the ground, Rosalie noticed the pool of blood gushing out of his abdomen.


    In no time at all, his ck shirt was drenched in red.


    Rosalie stared at the motionless body in front of her wordlessly.


    Although she wanted to rip the man into shreds, Rosalie tore the edge of her dress and wrapped the


    fabric on the wound as a makeshift bandage.


    Roughly twenty minutester, she took out the medications she had taken from her room and applied


    them to the injuries of the unconscious person on the ground.


    Soon, the wound stopped bleeding.


    Exhausted, Rosalie slumped onto the ground with a thump.


    What followed after was absolute silence.


    What was I thinking?


    Truth be told, even Rosalie herself was perplexed by her actions. When she escaped her room through


    her window, her mind was consumed by the thought of killing the man and bringing his head to her


    father if she could find him.


    Yet when she saw him, she could not bring herself to take his life.


    Instead, she brought him back.


    I… I’m going to ask him nicely, ask him why he did what he did.


    And also, I’ll ask him who he truly is. I can’t get an answer if he’s dead.


    Yes. That’s what I’m doing!


    Rosalie was finally satisfied with the excuse she had given herself. That night, she did not go anywhere


    else. Neither did she do anything else except stay by Theo’s side and wait for him to wake.


    “Mmm…”


    It was already dawn when Theo regained consciousness.


    Theo tried to move his body on the ground. However, the pain from his injuries was too great. As a


    reflex, Theo parted his dry and colorless lips and groaned in pain.


    The sound awoke Rosalie. She immediately snapped her eyes open.


    After five minutes, the dark basement was lit up by the shlight on someone’s smartphone. Still lying


    on the ground, Theo squinted his eyes at the sudden brightness. Slowly, Theo started to make out the


    person standing in front of him.


    “It’s you?”


    Disappointment filled his gaze at the sight of Rosalie.


    His reaction caused the suppressed rage in Rosalie’s chest to re up in an instant. In the blink of an


    eye, she stretched out her hand and grabbed the man by his cor.


    “What’s wrong? Unhappy to see me? Did you think you’ve escaped sessfully?”


    Rosalie spat out the words in contempt and disgust. She wanted nothing more at that moment than to


    rip him to shreds.


    As a response, Theo merely nced at her calmly without saying a word.


    The edges of Rosalie’s eyes reddened as she tried her best to keep her voice from cracking. With a


    burst of strength, she yanked the top half of his body off the ground and snarled, “Who on earth are


    you? Why did you steal from Father? What are your intentions?”


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    “Are you really that na?ve, Ms. Tn? Since I’m stealing from him, of course I’m intending to deal with


    your father!”


    “Deal with him?” Rosalie nched at his words.


    “So you’re after his life. Are you a policeman? Or are you one of those who are seeking revenge from


    the Tns? I’m going to assume the former. This device has to be amunication device with your


    supervisor, am I right?” Rosalie held up an earpiece between her fingers. “Tell me, what would happen


    if I were to tell them that I’m holding you captive?”


    Theo remained silent.


    His pace was so pale that it was almost as white as paper. Droplets of sweat covered his face.


    For the first time, Theo eyed Rosalie with a look of hostility. “Be my guest. Do it. I dare you.”