Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

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?"

in two weeks, just like we planned. It's risky over there. With these injuries,

Dylan's waist and legs, imagining what kind of wounds

said after

she was left with this restless, empty feeling-like she was reaching out for

"Clara."

startled her. It was Dylan, still sprawled on the bed, his

in, bending over him. "I'm here. What is

again, lost

something else, but then he whispered,

no idea what he was apologizing for, but it hurt

into a coma and didn't wake

the house took Clara upstairs and found her a room to stay

sleep. She just kept wandering around the castle, drifting through

someone to stop her.

one did. She pushed the door open. The room was

should've been

even wondered

but

saw any staff, either-after all that wandering,

How could one live in a place so

room, the unease clinging to her like

didn't shake it until the morning she woke up and sensed someone else was there. She opened her eyes and saw Dylan standing by the

thought she was

the glass glowing gold behind

said,

paler than