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..."

him coughing from 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, but instead of giving up, he crawled the rest of the

she hadn't come here, none of this would've happened.

when the men burst out laughing, as if watching the

you can run, then run. There's not a single decent soul in that place. If you go in, you won't

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

pulled out

even get a chance to react-they dropped where they

was frozen in shock, staring at Clara

mit. She never expecsét

she ran a few nights ago,

it

world come to this

man up. “I'm getting

all over-not with fear, but with

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

my whole life.

was written all over his face; only the herbs Emily brought him from

squeezed her

I can't leave Pan behind. She doesn't know anything. Years ago, her parents tried to take her brother and leave. Her mother caught the eye

get revenge. Now Pan's all I have left.