Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 880

Chapter 880

The doctor looked worn out. After putting away the equipment, he slipped out of the room without another word.

Clara sat by the bed, her eyes lingering on the man lying there. Something in her chest twisted painfully.

She reached out, took his hand, and was about to say something when his eyes snapped open.

His gaze was distant and empty, like something inside him had just collapsed, leaving nothing but silence behind.

Clara's heart clenched. She squeezed his hand harder. "Dylan?”

He didn't seem to hear her. Instead, he tried to sit up.

Clara pressed him back down. "You're hurt. You need to rest, okay?"

He ignored her, brushing her hand away like she wasn't even there.

Frustration surged through her. Without thinking, she gave him a quick, sharp chop to the side of his neck.

His eyes fluttered, then rolled back. He passed out cold.

Clara sank back into the chair beside him. She wasn't sure how long she sat there, lost in a fog of exhaustion, before her phone finally rang.

It was Richard, calling for Dylan.

"How's it going? Are you inside?" he asked.

"I am," Clara replied quietly. "But he's really hurt. Do you know who did this?"


weeks, just like we planned. It's risky over

glanced at the thick bandages around Dylan's waist and legs, imagining what kind of wounds

it," she said

restless, empty feeling-like she was reaching out for something she

"Clara."

her. It was Dylan, still sprawled on

over him. "I'm

again, lost in

say something else, but then he whispered, "I'm

what he

coma and didn't

he was out, someone from the house took Clara upstairs and found her a room

the castle, drifting through hallway after hallway. When she stopped outside the


someone to stop

did. She pushed the door open.

been a kid here, there should've been toys,

second, she even wondered if she'd

was beautiful, decorated to perfection, but there

barely saw any staff, either-after all that wandering, she'd only

full of energy. How could one live in a place so empty,

to her own room, the unease clinging to her

until the morning she woke up and sensed someone else was there.

she thought she was hallucinating. She

the glass glowing gold behind him. He

here, he just said,

even paler than

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