Chapter 544 Trapped

"Grab onto me, I'll pull you up."

"I can't! I am tired already."

"Don't let go!"

Anna screamed, waking up from a nightmare.

She had a terrible dream about falling into the water, separated from her sister and being engulfed by the waves.

Thankfully, it was all just a dream.

But she quickly realized something was wrong, because the surface beneath her wasn't her soft bed at home.

The room didn't smell like the candles at home either. She was sleeping on the cold floor, surrounded by darkness.

Her clothes were damp and were clinging to her body, making her feel very uncomfortable.

She sneezed.

At less than six years old, she understood some things, but not much.

She was clueless about what had just happened. She sneezed again and rose slowly from the floor.

Where was this place?

Her height was just enough to reach the doorknob. She turned it, pushed the door open, and found a long corridor outside.

The corridor led to several rooms. Anna had just arrived and was unaware of what was happening.

The place was gloomy. It made her feel uneasy. Unlike the beautiful and delicate rooms at home, the walls were roughly plastered with cement. Even the wall lamps were ghastly white.

"Is anyone there?"

the rooms. Her eyes lit up. There

the door open agitatedly.

in her throat. What

doctors in white coats. They wore masks and had scalpels,

people lay on the stone beds, some unconscious, some disemboweled, while

her family took her to a resort for a

farmer was slaughtering a pig. The villagers held down the pig as the butcher sliced through its flesh with a

air throbbed with a sickening, metallic

similar to what she had seen at the farmer's house at that time,

in fear. The people glanced at her indifferently. She ran for her

must be dreaming, but how could

air made her stomach churn. Luckily, no one

she was clueless why no one had gone

she was

she understood

if a stray cat died, let alone a

but she knew

with regret. She shouldn't have followed her sister and stayed in.

They would send children to remote areas for

time, she didn't know

forced marriage was. Ethan

the bride would be chained up, starved, and forced

en

trapped in remote areas, never to

wouldn't be able to live the

feared that she might either be killed or forced

Chloe,

She was too scared

voice came from beside her, "Are you

voice. She looked up at

who looked slightly older. She suddenly felt a lot more

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