"Which room was it? Was it at Maple Hotel?" Wendy asked anxiously.

Vick chuckled. "No, it's not. The room in Maple Hotel was afterward. Initially, you were placed in a basement that Edmund rented temporarily.

"That woman named Larissa, your friend offered herself in exchange for you. She forced Edmund to have you sent to the Maple Hotel."

"Larissa in exchange for me?"

Wendy was stunned.

Edmund had never mentioned this to her, and neither did Larissa.

However, the way Vick spoke about it didn't seem like he was making it up.

"Edmund's ultimate goal was to capture Larissa and bring her back to Caldor. He employed me and my underlings to keep an eye on her and ensure that she couldn't escape.

"Since he couldn't capture Larissa, he took you as leverage instead. He threatened Larissa so that she would meet him."

The fact that Edmund drugged her was true, but Wendy had no idea what happened afterward.

When she woke up, she and Larissa were lying safely in Maple Hotel.

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