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.

Jareth’s voice

remote from the table

on the left came a

had his eyes swiftly turned, only to see a massive glass

the cart’s wheels retracted, and the intricately crafted tank settled

once–pure white dress was marred with filth and bloodstains–she was like a broken doll, violated and trampled upon, now cruelly displayed in a shop window for all to see.

Lily’s tears burst forth.

“Marilla!”

he roared; the tension in his mind was nearly

and elbowing it, but the glass was so sturdy that

with her eyes closed.

the glass is soundproof, and she can’t hear

hand, “Your darling wife just fainted. After all the beatings and torment, who knows when she’ll come to senses? Don’t you know how to cherish someone? Jareth, you really should be thanking me. If it weren’t for me, would you have known about the

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girl. That boy has been lusting after her since they were young. The reason the Abernathy girl has been spiraling into madness

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

is

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