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!”

he’s already en route with backup.

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was deep and calm, patiently comforting

and she asked urgently, “What

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

was full of conviction, “Because they looked

“I understand now.”

exhaled, her tense insides finally relaxing a bit, “Lily, she’s our friend. I can’t tell you who, for her own

that, Thaddeus also had a hunch about the woman’s identity, but a darker shadow crossed his

sounded panicked, her voice hoarse, “If it’s true, then why can’t I find

she only heard snippets of information. But one thing is certain, she wouldn’t be far

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

“Yes!”

ended, Evadne and Thaddeus exchanged a glance that conveyed volumes and simultaneously uttered,

“Avery!”

or the last, the mastermind

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always been Avery!

support; the hitman

to use Gary as a pawn to destroy Jareth

that Avery, who had frequented the Ashbourne family since his youth, would certainly have

the hitman bore a striking resemblance to Hubery, he still chose to exploit him in his scheme to harm

intent was

eyes darkened with the brewing storm, “He’s

tip off

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

eyes widened slightly, “Elsie.”

Marilla’s location, clearly switching sides to our ally! If

chest, filled with a

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foreboding.

pulling her close, his husky voice whispered in

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