Chapter 781

Mr. and Mrs. Abernathy arrived at the abandoned factory grounds at the same time as Jareth; their steps echoed through the desolation.

When Jareth stepped out of his sports car, his chiseled face was as pale as marble, except for the piercing eyes that glinted ominously under the headlights.

“Where’s Marilla? Any news?!” He spoke with a strained voice and with his lips cracked.

His hoarse voice made his words sound broken and fragmented. Seeing the pain in his eyes, Thaddeus felt a pang of sympathy.

In a single night, Jareth had been struck by blow after blow, each as devastating as a thunderbolt, which left him visibly shaken to the core.

“Lily was here early. She’s on the trail, but I’ve lost contact with her!” Evadne clenched her jaw when pulling out her cell phone, “Every damn cell signal is blocked here. The kidnappers chose this place on purpose. Cunning bastards!”

“Evadne, keep cool. I’ve got a hunch. Gordon’s already contacted Abernathy Telecom, our family’s company. They’re sending portable satellite backpacks and some cutting–edge gear to restore the signal,” Thaddeus said, while wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her close.

Thaddeus was prepared for this scenario, as he had lived through a similar ordeal in his youth.

“Lily’s got skills. She’ll be okay. She’ll find Marilla.”

Jareth’s pale lips trembled as he repeated the words like a mantra; it was hard to tell whether what he said

was for their comfort or his own.

Ignoring them, he started towards the back hills, only to be intercepted by Thaddeus.

“Jareth, where are you going?”

“To find Marilla.” Jareth’s gaze was dazed and unfocused.

“Alone? You won’t find her by blindly charging over those hills!”

Thaddeus’s eyes burned with intensity, “Don’t panic. The team Evadne and I brought is already spreading out to search. Captain Ashbourne will be here any minute!”

“Don’t panic? Thaddeus, they’ve taken Marilla, she’s my life!”

Jareth’s voice broke into hysteria, and his eyes were bloodshot, “I’ve got nothing left, only Marilla. If anything happens to her, if anything happens to her…”

He couldn’t finish.

felt as if there was no difference from being

when Aaron arrived with a squad of police; there was enough manpower to surround the entire factory. Drones were dispatched to scour the west district.

hills!

“Yes, Captain Ashbourne!”

was too worried about

finding his face so pale,

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don’t

were misting as he

not your

“You were trying to protect Marilla. I know. The person who took was probably after me. I’m the one who’s put her in

Aaron felt a deeper sense of guilt; he wished Jareth would just

her captors with a ferocious desperation she had never shown before.

clutching her bleeding ear, screamed with a vicious fury, “otherwise, do you

upon Marilla. A kick to the abdomen sent a

lips curled into a bitter smile. For the first time in her life, she fought back with

meant death, she

with a twisted delight and

you here to watch the show?” Edith snarled while shoving her, “She’s nearly half–dead.

Glynnis scoffed, with arms crossed, “Why don’t you

the chance for revenge,

Glynnis sneered, “Why should

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ungrateful wretch! You deserve everything that’s coming to

insult hit Glynnis hard, and she laughed maliciously, “I’m not just an ungrateful wretch.

you’ve got that dirty

we’re much closer than you think. We’re kin

gleamed with madness, “Welcome to the world of

are you talking

I served you last time? I added a special ingredient to show my gratitude.

blood.”

She remembered the strange taste of that coffee, the subtle hint of iron. It was

like her world was

over suddenly, clutching her chest, and retched up the remnants of last

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a cacophony erupted from downstairs–there was metal clashing, followed by a

the door

a blade was Lily, who burst into the room like a comet streaking

within moments, she had all five of them sprawled on the floor; with her knife moving so quick and precise,

for men or women

their hands

ceaseless screams turned the place into a slaughterhouse drenched

Alston, who could barely speak, Lily plunged her knife into his leg twice more, in order to vent the fury meant

“Run for it!”

tried to flee, heads in hands, but

hair–one in each iron grip; the pain

*Argh!”

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