Chapter 544: A Caged Bird
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Julie’s POV:
Ten years was too long. I’d been living like a madman. Many things have already been forgotten because of drugs or other factors. 𝒷ℯ𝒹𝓃𝓸𝓿ℯ𝓁.𝒸ℴ𝓶
Including those experiments that made me wish I was dead. When 1 thought about it, it felt like 1 was reading someone else’s story. It was so surreal that 1 wondered if it happened or was just a nightmare.
This made me confused, and then I felt sad.
I was a cripple who couldn’t even extract pain.
But now, in front of my child, that rusted mental gear could finally be slowly activated again. 1 recalled that experiment. Because of it, 1 could survive under the ‘mercy’ of the Evaria Family. It was also because of it that 1 could neither live nor die.
A sudden clap of thunder outside the window made Jack jump. He seemed a little angry because of this and said fiercely, “That’s right, that’s the power. So many years have passed. I’ve grown up, and it has grown. Look, aren’t you a good example? Your mind and body are under my control. Don’t you feel gratified to see my growth?”
I could only look at him deeply. 1 hoped he could understand my sadness, but this spoiled child had long learned not to empathize.
“Forget it. There’s no point in saying this.” He suddenly felt bored again. His straight body collapsed, and he even coughed a few times. “We don’t have much time, so it’s time to get down to business.”
I felt my body loosen, and I fell to the ground. I could control my body again, but what followed was a bone-piercing pain that made me cry uncontrollably.
Jack slowly approached me, and I realized that this child’s ankle was as thin as a sugar cane.
He squatted down and slowly took my hand. His body temperature was very low, almost like a block of ice. His delicate skin felt like a snake, making me shiver uncontrollably.
I was not sure if this was my child. He was more like an illusion, a ghost. Perhaps 1 was already crazy. When the first drop of rain fell, 1 drowned in the cold moonlight and would never wake up.
“Madam, as a reward for ten years, it’s time for you to play your part.”
Jack’s voice sounded so gentle that I cried even more.
“Haven’t you noticed? The manor is too quiet. Do you think they’re all resting? Oh, perhaps, but 1’11 have to disappoint you – it’s too easy to control these untouchables, just as it is to control you. So don’t worry, no one will disturb you tonight. Everything will go smoothly, I promise.”
“What are you talking about? Jack, 1 don’t understand. What are you talking about?”
Jack let go of me. The rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, which seemed to make him anxious.
He turned back into the arrogant and cold person and ordered, “Go kill Layla. You can enter her bedroom without hindrance. She won’t wake up. You have to hold her hand and cut her wrist with a knife. You have to watch her bleed to the last drop and stop breathing. Come back to me after you’re done.”
What was that?
I felt like I’d been struck by lightning.
What did he want me to do? Murder… Who? Layla?
Why?
Could this be the reason why the Evaria Family sent me here? To assassinate Layla?
“Watch your words, lady.” Jack frowned. “It’s not an assassination. We’re just sending her on her way. Everything will be disguised as a suicide. Don’t worry, you don’t have to bear any responsibility for this.”
“It’s not about who’s responsible but why? Layla is a good person. She has never done anything to let down the Evaria Family!”
“Never done anything? You’re wrong. Her existence is a thorn in our family’s heart. Her death will solve many problems, and this is not something you can understand. You just have to do as 1 say.”
I looked at him in disbelief. 1 didn’t understand how a twelve-year-old child could say such cold-blooded words.
What exactly did the Evaria Family do to him?
However, my thoughts angered Jack. He lacked me hard and shouted, “I’m not a child anymore! Don’t treat me like a piece of trash who others can only manipulate!”
After saying that, he coughed violently as if he was about to vomit out all his internal organs.
I immediately forgot about my anger. My anxious heart started to hurt. 1 tried to hold him up and ask what was wrong with him. However, he pushed me away, even though the result was that he fell to the ground.
“Do what 1 say! Go kill Layla!”
Jack’s eyes were red as he shouted at the top of his lungs.
In the next second, I realized that I couldn’t move again. I could still see, hear, and think, but my body was no longer under my control.
I stood up stiffly, opened the door to the storage room, and walked out. The moment 1 turned around, 1 saw Jack lying on the ground, laughing hoarsely.
“No one can control me. No one is worthy of controlling me…
“I’m the one who controls everything. I can control everyone..”
