Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 717

The entire rehab center was thrown into chaos. The staff, all in their matching uniforms, looked like they'd never seen anything like this before. One of them tried to act tough, his voice shaking as he shouted, "Who are you people? Do you have any idea where you are? You think you can just come in here and cause trouble?"

He didn't even get to finish his sentence before he hit the floor.

The siblings weren't interested in talking things out.

All the guards wore black uniforms, clearly the ones in charge. The rest—the local workers were dressed in blue. Aside from the patients, those were the only uniforms around.

With the guards out of the way, the two dogs bounded down from a second-floor window, baring their teeth at the strangers left standing.

The villagers working here had never seen anything like this, and it showed. One by one, they dropped to their knees, shaking in terror.

For years, they'd strutted around like they owned the place, never imagining someone could walk in and turn the tables on them.

Now their legs were trembling, silently begging for mercy from the two "devils" standing over them.

Clara scanned the room and quickly spotted the men who'd tried to grab her earlier. They recognized her too. Their faces went pale, and they started begging for their lives.

us go! We were only following

them. Instead, she

up from the floor. There were streaks of blood on her face, but

landing a job here was a big deal; anyone who

over the crowd, her voice steady. "I only want to know one thing. How did my parents die? And

in the crowd flinched, bowing their head even

was obvious some of them knew the truth, but nobody wanted to be the one to

out a cold laugh. "No one wants to

like a death sentence. One woman shot her hands into the

wife-she was beautiful. Those bastards noticed her and lured her here. We tried to warn

trailed off, her face going ghostly white, too scared to say

worked your fields, helped you out whenever you needed it. How could you just stand by and watch? And my brother-he was just a kid! What happened to

woman who'd spoken started trembling even harder. She was infamous for tormenting the patients-most of whom had been wealthy city

people like that. Seeing those pampered, delicate women only made

nothing? Most women sent here ended up suffering at

But as more and more troubled women arrived, their fear faded, and their cruelty grew. What started as bullying turned into outright abuse. Soon, the center became their personal playground-they did whatever they wanted, never caring who these women used to

patients were,