The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

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.

the driver to stop.

handed him a hundred dollars and told him to keep

the taxi, a bus pulled up.

cover. She led

were often the

think that after leaving the taxi, they had not fled but had stayed right

pond, beneath the grass, mosquitoes

heat and tender

was constantly scratching. Her soft voice carried a whimper as she spoke, “Mommy, it’s so itchy. I

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

and Atticus were also stomping their little feet to shoo

rubbing their exposed skin to keep the mosquitoes away and to soothe their itchiness. She was both

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

had no choice. She was terrified of being found

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

of the pain Lysander had inflicted on her that morning was

she didn’t dare think of the consequences.

to catch us?” Dorian asked,