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    When the call connected, an urgent, frantic voice filled the air.


    Dale sounded desperate, his voice rising above the background noise of chaos and audible curses, as if he were in the middle of a desperate escape.


    “Mr. Adams, you promised to help me clear my gambling debts!” Dale was panting hard, his voice strained.


    Vincent reclined on the sofa, his response cold and detached.


    “You were supposed to secure thend for me first.”


    “I’m the only heir to my uncle. Once I inherit the castle, it’s mine. Help me now, or I’ll never sell thend to you!” Gunshots punctuated his plea, sounding close enough to be in the same room.


    Though Vincent’s phone wasn’t on speaker, Dale’s voice and the gunfire were loud enough for Katelyn and Jaxen to overhear.


    Vincent’s tone remained frosty as he said,


    “First, deliver on your promise, then we can talk.”


    His face was expressionless as he ended the call. Dale was in deep trouble. Debt collectors were relentless, and they wouldn’t hesitate to harm him.


    Katelyn knew all too well the brutality of such collectors. She hesitated briefly, then suggested,


    “Should we help Dale first? His life might truly be at risk.”


    Vincent pursed his lips in agreement and promptly instructed Samuel to retrieve Dale.


    Swiftly, Samuel brought a shaken and pale Dale before Vincent.


    “Mr. Adams, I’ve got him.”


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    Vincent acknowledged with a brief nod.


    Dale was a mess—his clothes torn, hisplexion ghostly, stained with blood.


    Yet, the blood on him didn’t seem to be his own.


    He crumpled to the floor, a ragged figure, his gaze vacant as he murmured continuously,


    “Horrible… utterly horrible…”


    Katelyn observed him with a puzzled expression.


    She leaned down slightly, trying to make out his words. Given Dale’s past, filled with numerous violent incidents, what could have terrified him so much now?


    Katelyn knelt in front of him, waving her hand before his eyes.


    “Dale Poulos.”


    Dale snapped to attention, gripping Katelyn’s wrist as though it were his only anchor.


    “I witnessed horrific things… people… they were being treated likeb rats. Their screams of pain filled the air… it was horrifying.”


    Startled by his intense grip, Katelyn quickly withdrew her hand.


    “What do you mean by b rats’? Could you rify that?”


    Dale gulped, his eyes dted in terror.


    He curled up, his hands iling as he spoke.


    “I saw them—men, women, and even children—restrained and injected with unknown substances.”


    Despite Dale’s disjointed ount, it was enough for Katelyn, Vincent, and the others to visualize a chilling scenario.


    It suggested a grim reality—someone was conducting illegal biological experiments, using humans as their test subjects.


    Katelyn and Vincent exchanged a worried nce before she got up to get some water.


    Jaxen took her spot, his curiosity piqued.


    “Where did you see this terrible thing? Do you know the specific location?”


    Dale contorted, clutching his head as he struggled to remember, then shouted,


    “I don’t know! I can’t remember anything!”


    Katelyn returned with the water, handing it to Dale while exining to Vincent,<fn4b69> Updates are released by Find★Novel</fn4b69>


    “He’s likely still traumatized by what he saw. Let’s give him some time to settle before we press further.”


    Vincent nodded in agreement, and Samuel prepared a room for Dale.


    The water, spiked with a sleeping pill, helped, and Dale rested until the evening.


    Upon waking, his first act was to seek out Vincent desperately.


    “Please, help me, please!”


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