Chapter 329

• Ryan's entire body shivered from the icy water soaking his clothes. His eyelids fluttered open, revealing Pedro’s looming figure inches from his face. Panic seized him as though he'd encountered a demon. Desperately, he tried to back away but realized there was nowhere to escape.
• Fear gripped his heart, each beat echoing like a drum in his ears. The ache in his stomach from Pedro's earlier assault was unbearable. Still trembling, he forced out a question in a shaky voice, "What... what do you want from me?"
• Pedro scoffed, his lips curling into a cold smirk. "Isn't it obvious?"