Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Dustin was on the case of the car accident, and something didn't add up. The crash wasn't as bad as it was made out to be. The victim who was stretchered away seemed to bleed too much for someone not disfigured by the incident. Whipping out his smartphone, he redialed Brielle's number. It went straight to voicemail.

A shadow passed over Dustin's face, and he immediately sent people to check the hospital where Brielle was supposed to be. But what they found was a scene straight out of a thriller movie. The hospital was deserted, and several nurses were found unconscious on the floor, clearly knocked out cold.

Dustin was stunned for a moment, his eyes flashing with fury. He stormed into Arthur's hospital room with his crew. Arthur was awake by then, swamped with calls from senators, visibly struggling to keep up. Seeing Dustin barging in, furious, Arthur couldn't help but smirk. But before he could even speak, Dustin pulled out a gun, aiming it straight at Arthur's heart. "Where's Brielle?"

He was threatening a prince, for heaven's sake! Arthur's face went through a rapid color change, anger flaring in his eyes. "What the hell, Dustin?!"

Dustin's expression was terrifying, his gaze fixed menacingly on Arthur. "I'm not joking. Brielle's missing, and it's obviously your doing. Where is she? Speak now, or I swear this gun will."

Arthur hesitated, realizing Dustin wasn't bluffing. Facing death up close for the first time, Arthur was visibly shaken. But Dustin didn't give him the luxury of time, cocking the gun ready to fire. "She's with Myles!"

Arthur couldn't afford any mishap now, not with the royal duties and the senators waiting on his decisions. Any slip-up could spell disaster for him and the monarchy.

Dustin sneered, "The Lynch family has been a cornerstone of North American prosperity for generations. You think you can use my sister as a pawn in your game? You're sorely mistaken, Arthur. Call Myles now. I want Brielle back, safe and sound."

Arthur, though not new to being held at gunpoint, complied despite his pale demeanor. But Myles's phone was off. No answer.Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Arthur's face twisted in anger. What was Myles playing at? Didn't they agree that once Brielle was hypnotized, she'd be taken straight to the monarchy?

Arthur planned to erase all of

Brielle's memories and make her desire a marriage into the North American royalty, quelling the online outrage Then, by throwing the Lynch family into the spotlight, he and the monarchy would weather this crisis smoothly. With Brielle in the royal family, Arthur could naturally claim the Lynch family's diamond resources.

But now, with Myles unreachable, Arthur feared betrayal. Dustin, hearing the voicemail, scoffed. "Don't tell me this wasn't part of your grand plan." "Dustin, believe me, I..."

Before Arthur could finish, Dustin slapped him across the face with the gun. "Do you think you have any credibility left with me? You better pray my sister is unharmed."

With no room for resistance, Arthur was left with no choice but to comply. Dustin left the hospital, mobilizing the entire Lynch family to search for Brielle.

Threatened by Dustin and betrayed by Myles, Arthur was left to face the storm alone. "Meredith!"

At his call, Princess Meredith

entered, trembling with fear. No one

dared to stop Dustin when he

barged in with a gun. The Lynch family was still a force to be

reckoned with, and nobody wanted to be responsible for Dustin's wrath.

"Deploy our resources to find Myles, at all costs!"

If anything happened to Brielle, the Lynch family would immediately retaliate against the monarchy, and Arthur knew he was not in a position to win Finding Brielle before the

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Lynch family did was his top priority now.

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