Because he needed some breathing space, far from Maximillian's watchful eyes.
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Laurent.
Laurent Krausser.
Maximillian scribbled the name onto his tablet. The two words stared back at him in defiance.
Eyes squeezed shut, the alpha summoned the image of Heinrich Krausser -- the one hanging in Professor Dr. Mannheim's office.
The same grayish-blue eyes.
Maximillian opened his eyes and scribbled more words into the tablet.
Him being an orphan who lost his parents at a young age.
The debilitating trauma of falling or drowning into the water in the past.
The corpses of Laurent Krausser and his mother were swept into the shore, allegedly victims of a drowning incident.
Could it be?
Maximillian underlined the word "drowning" several times.
What if Laurent Krausser survived the fall?
He also underlined the word "survived".