Chapter: 2618

With the doctor's departure, silence enveloped the room until a man in black entered.

Victor turned to look the floor-to-ceiling window, its curtains drawn tightly. “Could you please draw the curtains open?"

"Certainly, sir."

As the curtains parted, sunlight flooded the room, injecting vitality into the once somber space and dispelling its chill.

The sudden brightness caused Victor to squint slightly so that his eyes could adjust better to the Lighting.