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

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

the back hills! Team two, with me!”

“Yes, Captain Ashbourne!”

a recent scuffle with Hans, Aaron was too worried about Marilla to care for his own

so pale, Evadne

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don’t worry.”

a deep breath; his eyes were misting as he faced Jareth, “Mr.

not your fault.”

off, and his voice was carried away by the cold wind, “You were trying to protect Marilla. I know. The person who took was probably after

wished Jareth

fierce young lioness trapped in a cage, attacking her captors with a ferocious desperation she had never shown

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

scared stiff, so they complied by raining down blows upon Marilla. A kick to the abdomen sent a sharp pain through

For the first time in her life, she fought back with all her might,

death,

Glynnis watched with a twisted delight and cackled

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

scoffed, with arms crossed, “Why don’t

who gave you the chance for revenge, and

her, I’d be a murderer,” Glynnis sneered, “Why should I take that risk for

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Edith shrieked, “You ungrateful wretch! You deserve everything

hard, and she laughed maliciously, “I’m not just an ungrateful wretch. I’ve got

thing, you’ve got that dirty disease? Stay away from me, don’t

we’re much closer than

with madness, “Welcome to the world of AIDS,

are you talking

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

blood.”

spinning around her. She remembered the strange taste of that coffee, the subtle hint of

it felt like her world was crumbling around her.

retched up the remnants of last night’s

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erupted from downstairs–there was metal clashing,

deafening crash, the door was kicked

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

on

for men or

the tendons in their hands and feet, one by

place into a slaughterhouse drenched in blood.

more, in order to vent the fury meant for her young

“Run for it!”

hands, but Lily wouldn’t grant

the pain was so intense that they thought their scalps

*Argh!”

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