Aldana Candi turned her head to look at the safe, which had a complex fingerprint verification system and a combination lock. What use was it to her? She didn't even know the passcode.
She reached out and picked it up, shook it near her ear, and didn't hear any sound. Aldana tried her own fingerprint, and it showed verification failed.
Her curiosity was limited, and she was already tense, with no energy to waste time on such trivial matters, so she put the safe back on the bedside table.
She directed her gaze out the window, her eyes falling on the snow-white building not far away, and her heart started to fill with worry again.
Too many people she cared about were on this island, and even though Steven Balance repeatedly promised not to harm them, she couldn't be completely at ease.
*
Night had completely settled in.
A ghostly shadow suddenly climbed through the window into the room.
