Chapter 784

Above his head, the anguished cry of Lily tore through the silence.

Jareth’s trembling eyelids shot open, and his pupils which harbored an impending storm were constricted further.

Atop the diving platform of the swimming complex, Lily, with her hands tightly bound by coarse rope, and a gun pressed against her head by Jackson, perched precariously on the edge of the platform.

Below her toes was a terrifying drop, for the pool beneath was bone dry.

“Lily!”

Jareth’s white shirt, stained with blood, was drenched in cold sweat. He took two steps forward, but Jackson aimed the gun squarely at him to force him back!

“Master, I’m so sorry.” Lily’s eyes were brimmed with tears, and her voice was choked with emotion.

Jareth gazed deeply at her, unblinking, “No, you’ve never wronged–me, nor do you owe anyone an apology. Lily, it’s I who have brought this upon you. I am the one who should be sorry.”

Lily’s heart clenched painfully.

She had weathered the fiercest storms by her master’s side, so she feared nothing–not demons nor monsters–except for her master’s apologies.

Marilla?” Jareth’s voice was

a remote from

on the left came a rumbling

a massive glass tank on a cart slowly wheel before

loud clang, the cart’s wheels retracted, and the

inside. Her once–pure white dress was marred with filth and bloodstains–she was like a broken doll, violated and trampled upon, now cruelly

tears burst forth.

“Marilla!”

tension in his mind

sprinted forward, pounding the thick glass with clenched fists, kicking and elbowing it, but the

girl remained with her eyes

yelling, the glass is soundproof, and

come to senses? Don’t you know how to cherish someone? Jareth, you really should be thanking me.

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Chapter 70

Edith’s orders when he decided to marry this girl. That boy has been lusting after her since they were young. The reason the Abernathy girl has been spiraling into madness over the years is all thanks to them.

years turned out to be the villain behind the suffering of your beloved. Hahaha. Jareth, you must be regretting it now, right? You must feel like vor

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