Chapter 6
fidence seemed in work. My parents and Mason; uncertain of my blut
but didn’t dare force my hand. Intral, they dispatched security to search for my phone []
Thankfully, when that escaped the but earlier to call for help. I’d managed to dip my phone into an older villager’s woven bag during the commotion
In this rural area with minimal rights, villagers typically went straight in deep after dark. The woman wouldn’t discover my phoose anytime soon. ||
The tonight at least, my phone was safe
After–searching everywhere with no access, the four of them returned with thunderous expressions, the atmosphere electric with tenten ||
If you don’t meet my demands sen, these emails will automatically send
Masin glared at me darkly. If we take you away from here, you’ll cancel the emails, right? You’d better keep your word.”
I word said one thing, but I coght the quick glance he exchanged with Riley
They were clearly planning to pacży me temperarity-
Krep my word? Like you keps yours when you promised to protect me? Then Intend to
to one sentence fro
from Riley and turned on me? Well I’ve changed my mind too!
1 shifted my gaze.
i paze, staring deectly at Silry. “I want your true fire exposed. I want the real versions of my family back! I know what you told them! You claimed that you? are a person who has been reborn, that you know what happened in the future, right?”|||
A deathly silence fell over the hut
“Ahahahaha!” Then Riley doubled over with laughter ||
“I thought you actually knew something!” Riley laughed harder. “This is harlous! You’ve got it all wrong. They didn’t turn on you because of what you think. They did it
“Hey, mg My mother graded her hand, her voice gentle but urgent. “Don’t tell her. Every person who knows this secret
et increase our risk
Mason held up a phone triumphantly. Found it. This little bitch hit her phone in some villager’s bag. There are no scheduled ends–she was bluffing the whole time.”
My Dather’s face twisted with daget “Always pulling dirty tricks. Even facing death, you’re still scheming, Just die already
The abution had turned agarret me co
– completely._||
Birt 1 was too desperate for answers to care about my immediate danger
“What is it? Riley, please tell me thegged frantically. “You’ve got my phone now. I’m finished anyway. At least let me die knowing the truth ||
I dropped to my k
of her, all digay abandoned.
Prair! I’m begging you! Let me understand why I have to dir
Sering or as pathetically desperate. Juby’s side widered with satisfaction. ||
You ow what costar Ive always hated you. Why were you born to wealth and privilege? How did you so effortlessly become CEO of a billion–dollar company, whée 1 entred this world as a beggar inda backwater village? Il’uso vardait lui weng you like this–broken and pitiful–makes me happy. Since I’m in such a good mood. Til tell
”
My nails dug su derply was my palms they nearly drew blood, but I maintained my despesesprendin
Hewny gandde lad worked!
tus had given her an overeings of achievement and a desire to gloat |||
natate, mind the wadii i unitine ||
Arp who better in condes to than her defeated em
a djing dog, Kilikon met sig let you die with the tradi
Key led down at fur with momene satulation, her expression gleeful as she daily revealed the actual sentence
