Chapter 505

The night was dark, and the wind howled bitterly. Alice Morgan moved cautiously along the path she had taken earlier, with Isabella Goodwin and Fiona Flynn close behind. KK had said it would take half an hour to get to the spot, but that time had long passed. The estate’s wall towered three meters high—there was no way Isabella or Fiona could climb over it. "You serious, girl?" Fiona stared at Alice, wide-eyed. "You want the two of us to scale that thing? I’m not Spider-Woman. There’s just no way." Alice frowned, holding her earpiece close, pacing along the base of the wall, trying to pick up a signal. Only a faint static buzz came through. "Hello… KK? Can you hear me?" Muffled voices filtered in, garbled and broken. "Mu… East… careful… hide… kzzzzzz—" "Hello? KK?" Only random words got through before the signal cut out completely. Careful of what? Hide from who? Alice’s brows knitted tight in frustration. The original plan had been for her to contact the outside once Isabella was foun