Chapter 1598

Sherry felt a lump growing in her throat. She held her breath and sank back into her

seat.

Upon ensuring that she was going to stop resisting, the bodyguard on her left let go of her arm.

Shortly after that, the car swerved into the woods.

It was an entirely uninhabited area. What was strange was that someone seemed to have taken a special effort to develop the area. The asphalt road was well-paved with rows of tall and dense trees along both sides.

After passing through the woods, the car stopped.

Sherry saw a house. It was a large and well-designed villa, but it looked poorly maintained since it was filled with dried leaves coating its roof and courtyard. She had not even gotten out of the car, but already she could feel a terrible shiver run through her.

Her escorts proceeded to step out of the car one after another.

“Miss, this way, please.” The leader beckoned her to follow.

took a deep breath and got out of the car as told,

at the courtyard.

was a significant distance away from the city. It was in

cold and quickly retreated

open, she was assaulted by a

of dust, and the doors and windows were shut. The last time the interior had seen any glimpse of flight must have been ages

quickly flung the

that, she grabbed a rug and used it to sweep the accumulated dust off the couch before settling down on the couch herself.

gusts of wind blew in through the window. She wrapped a blanket

ring of silence. After a while, she felt the searing pain in her arm. She winced from the pain, then she darted

noticed a clock on the wall that was still functional and ticking along. It must have been the only animate object here until her presence invaded this sanctuary.

would be noon

from takeaway containers. None of them bothered to hand her a box as if she was invisible to them. She had not eaten anything all day, and her

to them and asked, “Hey, do you

look at her, then they turned their attention back to the food and continued wolfing it

None for her.

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