Chapter 176


    "Linda, this is yourst chance," Chloe said, her voice icy and unwavering. "Tell me how you orchestrated this. Who assulted me? Otherwise, don''t me me for what happens next."


    "It wasn''t me, I swear!" Linda pleaded.


    Chloe''s gaze was piercing, cold enough to freeze. Then, she turned away and settled back into the chair by the surveince monitors. "Fine, you can leave if you can make it out."


    Linda didn''t quite understand Chloe''s words but sensed something was seriously off. Chloe seemed... dangerous. Like she''d be a different person entirely. Without wasting another second, Linda turned and headed for the exit.


    Just as she was about to step out, horrifying growls echoed, seemingly from the basement. Linda quickened her pace but froze in shock when she got outside.


    Four wolves were prowling in the yard. Not dogs-wolves. Theserge, muscr beasts, with shrunken bellies and drooping tails, were staring menacingly at her, their eyes glowing eerily green.


    Linda finally grasped the meaning behind Chloe''s cryptic words. But why on earth were there wolves here? And why did they look so hungry, so vicious?


    She didn''t have time to think. The wolves had locked eyes on her, their collective gaze fixed on their prey. Slowly, deliberately, they began to move towards her. Linda''s hand gripped the door frame, paralyzed with fear.


    The wolves quickened their pace, charging at her in unison. Linda snapped back to reality, spinning around and rushing back inside. Her first instinct was to find a room to hide in, but she noticed that all the doors had been removed. Chloe had nned this.


    Linda sprinted upstairs, her mind racing to find Chloe. But when she reached the surveince room again, Chloe was gone. On the monitors, Linda could see the wolves ascending the stairs rapidly, splitting up to search each floor and room methodically. Despite the number of rooms, it wouldn''t take them more than three minutes to find her.


    Linda''s legs were shaking uncontrobly. She couldn''t believe Chloe could be so ruthless, so unhinged. But there was no time to dwell on it. She had to escape.


    Linda left the surveince room and saw a wolf at the end of the hallway. It roared and bolted towards her.


    Panic surged through Linda as she


    scanned for a ce to hide. Finally,


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    she spotted an elevator. She sprinted towards it, furiously pressing the call button. The wolf behind her charged even faster, snarling, nostrils ring, eyes fierce, baring its fangs. It was as if it could tear her apart in the next second. ? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.


    Linda''s heart pounded wildly, her body trembling like a leaf. Thankfully, the elevator doors slid open. She darted inside, her fingers trembling as she frantically hit the close button. The massive wolf was less than five meters away and, with a powerful leap, lunged towards her inside the elevator...