Chapter 786

The chill of the morgue was deep, which was a constant reminder that the realm of the living and this somber abode were worlds apart, and they were separated by an irreversible divide.

Evadne and Thaddeus stood in the doorway’s shadow, leaving Jareth the solemn space to bid his final farewell to Lily.

Beneath the stark white shroud, Lily’s pallid, yet strikingly beautiful face was at peace; her eyes were closed gently, and her lips were curved in a subtle and serene smile as if she were lost in an eternal dream that she would never awaken from.

Jareth hung his head low; the cold in the room assaulted him like an unseen tide, threatening to crush his spine and choke his throat filled with sorrow.

There was a catch in his voice as he traced her beautifully arched lips with trembling fingers.

He couldn’t understand why she had left this world with a smile.

Having taken a bullet, fallen from such a height, and had her bones shatter, she must have suffered an unimaginable pain.

As a girl. she was supposed to be afraid of pain, wasn’t she?

“You always looked so pretty when you smiled. Why didn’t I see it more often?” Jareth whispered hoarsely; his question was earnest, as if he expected the still figure before him to reply.

Lily, smile one more time for me.

Lily, wait at the door for me to come home,

Lily, call me ‘sir” just once more.

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Evadne couldn’t bear it any longer, she covered her face with her hands and leaned into Thaddeus‘ embrace, weeping without a sound.

Thaddeus held her trembling shoulders and wrapped his arms around her, with his chin resting on her head; his lips were dry and parted, but no sound emerged.

Footsteps approached from behind.

Aaron walked in, with a somber expression on his face, and he was holding a small box in his hands.

The couple understood and stepped aside to let him through.

“Jareth, my deepest condolences.”

Aaron stood behind the stoic figure of the man and spoke softly, “This is Lily’s personal effects that I’ve collected. Take them with you when you leave.”

to ice, Jareth moved slowly to face

and little trinkets when they

on the other hand, carried with her nothing else but her cell phone, and a dagger, which she concealed on herself, not for her own protection, but for

pendant from the box;

his palm, and seeped into his aching chest

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choked up a little, as he held back

footsteps

and their hearts skipped a

man before them had a look of desolation in his deep, shattered and profound eyes; his hair was now gray at the temples, as

Thaddeus felt a sharp pain in his chest, and his

about overnight

turned out it’s true.

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given her the jade pendant

was clear: Lily was his

broken, she had kept him and Marilla

fluctuating stocks of the Fairhaven group, the halted projects, and the handling of Edith’s case… everything

K and the Abernathy group, worked through the night to scrub clean any trace of the tragedy from the internet.

to stifle the conversation, but to spare Marilla from reliving

they didn’t stop the public discourse.

they would join with the citizens to punish

Alston, and four others were arrested, waiting to be charged in

their son had been mutilated. Consuming heart pills like candy, Mrs. Bartley fainted repeatedly throughout the day, and wailed for her husband to

without limits!” Timothy raged at his wife, “He attempted to assault the daughter of Frederic, the heiress of the Abernathy group! He certainly had a taste for women; now he eats the bitter fruit of his own

Bartley sobbed uncontrollably, “At this point, you’re still thinking about your career!

than our son?”

called his

such

go appeal

and Chairman Emeric supportive of you?! If you ask her to vouch for you, won’t our son be saved? Once this is over, you can repay the Ashbourne

flicker of hope, Timothy reached for his phone when a cold, stern

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can speak to me, and as a member of the Ashbourne family,

presence was commanding. Timothy went pale, “Who

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