Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 759

Charles gently wiped the tears from her cheeks and let out a heavy sigh.

"I can tell you're upset. About what you asked me to look into-I've got a lead. That Mr. Schwaderer? His real name's Flynn. Apparently, he's related to the Warren family. But anything about the Warrens is totally sealed off. You know how powerful they are."

The core members of the Warren family-anything about them was top secret.

For Charles to get even this much, he'd pulled every string the Chester family had in Country Z.

He scratched his cheek awkwardly, worried she'd blame him. "Sis, don't be mad, okay?"

Clara closed her eyes and forced a small smile. "It's not about that. Dylan's mom passed away."

At first, Charles only caught her first sentence.

"Oh, that's good then-that's... wait, what?!"

He finally processed what she'd said and sat up straighter, getting anxious. "What are you going to do?"

He'd never really liked Dylan, but that was still his brother-in-law.

Clara opened her eyes, her head pounding. "I don't know... I'm trying to figure that out."

She barely finished speaking when a voice cut in from the side.

Ms. Clara. Come

passed through Clara's eyes as she looked at the men

to snatch someone away right in front of him before. Did these

had just been lucky to escape the first time. The strange

and Milo and Buddy lunged out of the shadows, tearing straight through two

men didn't even have time to react. As soon as they tried to shout, knives flashed and slit their

my sister, and you just had to butt in. No

Dylan telling her how capable Charles was, someone she could always

it with her own eyes-he was even more

flashed through her mind as she looked down at the charm

"Let's go back. I

and let him

over at

had already gotten the news: Clara had gone to the temple with the old

frowned, and the next

set

worse-a fire had broken

temple, and both the

out at the

Clara

shock, but forced himself to stay calm. He called Aiden over. "We're going to the

lifted off, rushing toward the blaze.