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 out.

But Thalassa handed him a hundred dollars and told him to

got out of the taxi, a bus pulled

led her children and Evelyn, sneaking around the barrier and into the

were often

after leaving the taxi, they had not fled

pond, beneath the grass,

children, with their higher body heat

whimper as she spoke, “Mommy, it’s so itchy.

too. I’ve got big bumps all over,” Sophia pouted,

and Atticus were also stomping their little feet to shoo the

itchiness. She was both sympathetic and helpless, “Just ten more minutes and we’ll leave, darlings. Can we hold on a bit longer?”

didn’t want her children to be bitten by mosquitoes, and she didn’t want

choice. She was terrified of being found by Lysander.

he caught them, not only would the children suffer, but she would

the pain Lysander had inflicted on her that morning was still

them, she didn’t dare think

to catch us?” Dorian asked, his young voice carrying

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