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!”

route with backup.

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was deep and calm, patiently comforting her.

her, and she asked urgently, “What did this

a mask, but her eyes, I’ll never forget those

conviction, “Because they looked so much like

“I understand now.”

relaxing a bit, “Lily, she’s our friend. I can’t tell you who, for her own safety. But I believe

the woman’s identity, but a darker shadow crossed

hoarse, “If it’s true, then why

snippets of information. But one thing

her fists, her gaze sharp as a hawk’s, “The area around that factory is desolate, no residential zones, not much in the way of buildings. Search the surroundings thoroughly, you’re bound to find

“Yes!”

a glance that conveyed

“Avery!”

this time or the last, the

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always been Avery!

support; the hitman was one of

pawn to destroy Jareth and overturn the

spine was that Avery, who had frequented the Ashbourne family since

to Hubery, he still chose to exploit him in his scheme to harm her and Thaddeus‘ dearest

malicious intent

Evadne was brought back to the present as Thaddeus‘ eyes darkened with the brewing storm, “He’s crossed a line,

tip off Avery!”

a hand to his shoulder, her brows knitted, “If it comes to him, who do you think will be in the

eyes widened slightly,

Marilla’s location, clearly switching

Thaddeus‘ chest, filled with a

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foreboding.

waist, pulling her close, his husky

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