Chapter 514

The night was as dark as ink. Underneath the elevated highway, beside a pond, insects chirped, and frogs croaked. The scent of fresh grass lingered in the air, blending with the night’s mist, touching their skin with a cold chill.

That chill seemed to seep into their hearts, stirring up fear.

Thalassa, with her four children and Evelyn, hid in a ditch beneath the highway.

In front of them, the pond shimmered in the moonlight, and its depth was concealed by the darkness, a sight that brought fear to their hearts.

Yes, fear.

She had noticed a line of black limousines in the traffic behind them, and it had filled her with dread.

At that moment, she decided to get out of the taxi.

Thankfully, it was nighttime. She and Evelyn managed to slip unnoticed from the taxi to the one up front.

Once the taxi had driven through the traffic lights, she realized that the driver would surely inform Lysander they had boarded his taxi.

If Lysander caught up with them, there would have been no escape.

to stop. They needed to get

handed him a hundred dollars and

got out of the taxi, a bus

did not get on the bus, but it served as a perfect cover. She led her children and Evelyn, sneaking around the barrier and into the ditch beneath the

dangerous places were often the

would never think that after leaving the taxi, they had not

beneath the grass, mosquitoes were

higher body heat

soft voice carried a whimper as she spoke, “Mommy, it’s so

big bumps all

also stomping their little feet

keep the mosquitoes away and to soothe their itchiness. She was both sympathetic and helpless, “Just ten more minutes and we’ll leave, darlings. Can we hold on a bit

to be bitten by mosquitoes, and she

She was terrified of being found by

in secret. If he caught them, not only would the children suffer, but she

of the pain Lysander had inflicted on her that morning was still fresh.

she didn’t dare think of

trying to catch us?” Dorian

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