Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 615

Clara couldn't believe how vicious these people were. They all came from the same village-why were they treating each other like enemies?

Clearly, Emily had held back when she warned Clara about the wellness center that morning. The people who worked there didn't value anyone's life but their

own.

They had to have some serious backing. No one would act this bold otherwise.

Clara tried to move toward Emily, wanting to help her up, but the men blocked her, their eyes filled with something ugly.

"Hey, pretty girl," one of them sneered. "Don't say we didn't warn you. In this village, you don't get to call the shots. Keep being stubborn, and the Bolton girl will die right in front of you tonight."

Emily was barely hanging on, struggling to get to her feet.

Clara's heart raced. She was terrified they'd start beating Emily again, so she blurted, "I'll go with you. Just leave her alone."

There was still an elderly member of the Bolton family-if Emily died, who would care for the sick old man?

Just as they started forcing her toward the door, a frail, cracked voice broke through the tension, full of regret.

"Sins... all sins..."

the back room. Now she finally saw him: thin as a skeleton, one leg dragging, limping toward Emily on unsteady feet. Halfway there, he fell,

here, none

burst out laughing, as if watching the old man struggle on the floor was the most entertaining thing in

soul in that place. If you go in, you won't come out whole. My wife

thinking about going to the wellness center herself to see what was really going on, but hearing this, the place sounded more like a nightmare

motion, pulled out the

even get a chance

old man was frozen in

mit. She never expecsét

grabbed Dylan's gun when she ran a few nights

it

world come to this

man up. “I'm getting you

shaking all over-not

you?” His voice quivered. "I can't leave

whole life. Clara, listen

all over his face; only the herbs Emily brought him from the mountains were keeping him

her hand,

the wellness center. It's protected by people from the Capital-powerful ones. If you go in alone you'll never come back out. Most of the villagers have already been bought, and anyone with a conscience is long gone'm only still alive because I can't leave Pan behind. She doesn't

Now Pan's all I have