Chapter 779
“Marilla’s gone?”
The news hit Mr. and Mrs. Abernathy like a cold blast of winter air.
“She’s gone! I’ve looked everywhere, she’s just not there!” Lily’s voice trembled on the verge of tears.
Evadne tried to keep her composure, softening her tone to soothe Lily’s distress,
“Lily, you only told us where Marilla might have been taken in the heat of the moment without any details. Now, take a deep breath and tell mè everything that happened. Who informed you that Marilla had been taken to the old Wye factory?”
“Aaron and I were close on the kidnapper’s heels when that hitman, the same one who took Marilla before, blocked our path!”
“Him again!” A sharp pang clenched Evadne’s heart.
The face that haunted her thoughts was the one Marilla had sketched,
eerily resembling Hubery.
“I couldn’t overpower him, so Aaron decided to hold him off while I
went to rescue Marilla!”
Lily bit her lip hard, “But that scoundrel brought backup, a woman! She traded a few blows with me, then deliberately knocked into my knife, wounding me severely. Then, she whispered to me where Marilla was being held and urged me to go save her. I thought I’d found an ally, but it was a ploy–a diversion, a ruse! She sent me away to make it easier to deal with Aaron! Ms. Evadne, I’ve been such a fool! I deserve to
die!”
fine, he’s already en route
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voice was deep and calm,
Evadne’s mind raced, a thought struck her, and she asked urgently, “What
eyes, I’ll
“Because they looked so much like
“I understand now.”
“Lily, she’s our friend. I can’t tell you who, for her own
a hunch about the woman’s identity, but a darker shadow
still sounded panicked, her voice hoarse, “If it’s true, then
she only heard snippets of information. But one thing is certain, she wouldn’t be
no residential zones, not much in the way of buildings. Search
“Yes!”
Thaddeus exchanged a glance that conveyed volumes and simultaneously uttered,
“Avery!”
the mastermind behind the
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always been Avery!
support; the hitman
as a pawn to destroy Jareth and overturn the Fairhaven group,
frequented the Ashbourne family since his youth, would certainly have seen and
bore a striking resemblance to Hubery, he still chose to exploit him in his scheme to harm her
intent was
Thaddeus‘ eyes darkened with the brewing storm, “He’s crossed a line, attacking my
can’t tip off Avery!”
shoulder, her brows knitted, “If it comes to him,
eyes widened slightly,
to reveal Marilla’s location, clearly switching sides
Thaddeus‘ chest, filled with a heavy sense of
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foreboding.
waist, pulling her close,
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