Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

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But the men didn't even blink.

They simply sat there, vacant eyes, as if she weren't there. As if her baby weren't dying in front of them. Emma's breath was caught.

No.

She couldn't lose her.

She wouldn't lose her.

Hugging Emily, she crawled to the nearest armed man to herself, dragging herself to one of the men. She kept in front of him, her fingers grasping his pants as if he were the only thing between her and destruction.

"Please," she pleaded, her voice breaking. "Save my children. I'll do anything. You can do whatever you like to me, hurt me, kill me, I don't care. Just let them go."

Silence.

Then.

Asarcastic, slow clap echoed around the room.

Emma tensed.

A voice of amusement echoed from beyond the shadows.

"That was

a one-year-old would not have found that

turned sharply, her heart jumping further as

It was Annie.

dressed in an extravagant silk dress, her hair

gazed at her with tear-stained

Annie mocked.

voice was sugary sweet, but her

with this one?"

away

she got up. Ethan a little closer to

pleaded, her pride eating. "I beg of you-please let my children

he held his ground. He was no longer sobbing. He was no longer blaming his mother or backing away from the show. He was standing beside her, prepared to face whatever

But Annie merely laughed.

she said while examining her perfectly manicured

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Chapter 197

the first

Emma trembled with fear.

filled with hatred and

could not resist, could you?" Her voice was sharp like razor, trembling with anger "You stabbed me in

raw contempt

gun-toting men,

to respond before clothes were ripped off her and she was