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..."

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

with guilt. If she hadn't come here, none of this would've happened. Emily wouldn't be

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

go in, you won't come out whole. My wife died in there. Pan's parents... they

thinking about going to the wellness center herself to see what was really going on, but hearing this,

out the gun she'd tucked behind her

get a chance to

frozen in shock,

mit. She never expecsét

when she ran a few nights ago, thinking

it

world come to this

man up.

over-not with fear,

His voice quivered. "I can't leave and honestly I

lived here my whole life. Clara, listen to

face; only the herbs Emily brought him from

squeezed her

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 know anything. Years ago, her parents tried to take

Pan's all I have