Chapter 782

The moment the live stream flickered to life, the police had zeroed in on the kidnappers‘ hideout.

Squad cars encircled the crumbling villa, with sirens piercing the night sky; the blue and red lights of the cars expelled the shadows of fear.

Glynnis was still knocked out cold on the floor, but Edith, with the tenacity of a cockroach, had come to her senses earlier.

Hearing the wail of sirens, she panicked and attempted to flee, only to be confronted by several familiar silhouettes storming in with earth–shaking presence.

“Marilla!”

Jareth burst in first; in his eyes brimming with tears of blood, a glimmer of hope shined through the pain.

He’d always been fearless; even having known that Star Island was home to stone–cold mercenaries, he’d ventured there with Thaddeus.

But now, he was pale; his steps were unsteady, and he was almost stumbling.

The living room was a mess, with the bullies sprawled out across the floor, and Glynnis was still unconscious.

The space was small, but Marilla’s fragile figure was nowhere to be seen.

Thaddeus and Evadne dashed into the other rooms, calling out for Marilla, but to no avail!

That’s when Aaron, flanked by two colleagues, burst through the door:

“We’ve searched the villa top to bottom, including the basement. No sign of Marilla!”

Evadne was frantic, and her beautiful face was slick with sweat.

reach her! But our tech team is on her

“Evadne, you said this was Gary’s doing, so could these scum be a smokescreen? Could Marilla and

terror, barely

shaking like a leaf, tried to play the victim; she crawled

for me? I was brought here by Gary, and he tried to kill me. Ah!!”

short by a bone–chilling scream, but Jareth, with his eyes blazing with murderous intent, kicked her like a

silent, save for the thud of Edith crashing against the wall, then sliding down like a

*Ugh.

curled up, twitched, and vomited a mouthful of blood.

no mercy; he just stomped toward her and kicked her relentlessly.

her

Edith couldn’t even sob; she could do nothing but writhe before her old

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but not this time. He watched coldly,

hands be stained with blood,

Stop, if she dies, you’ll face

to step in, “Do you want to be separated

he broke free from Aaron, grabbed Edith by the

up:

“Where’s Marilla? Where?!”

“I… don’t… know…”

speak through the blood, but she was

now

caught on hidden cameras, and it was streamed online. The whole country has seen

and it grew increasingly wide until it turned into a gaping and bloody

I

Edith called one of them Ken, but he ignored her! Mr.

and kicked him squarely in the face, “How dare

with his teeth shattered.

middle school, Edith bullied Marilla! We were all under her spell!” another chimed in between

betrayed you?

in the red dress confessed, “I’ve always hated your guts! You’ve always just

closed in, the traitors turned on

in the corner, wanted to speak.

his tongue was gone.

wouldn’t let slide the one who tried to assault

over, and delivered a brutal kick below Alston’s

quivered and his body turned rigid; the

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