Chapter 736
Every beautiful illusion Heather had about this place was instantly reduced to ash.
She threw a terrified glance back down the mountain.
The villagers they’d arrived with were still completely in the dark.
They were being paraded around on a tour, blissfully ignorant of the horrors unfolding just above them.
Their eyes were practically gleaming with hope.
Whatever the guards had told them, Heather could literally see them cheering with excitement.
They had clearly forgotten all about the chilling scream from just moments ago.
They had absolutely no idea that this palatial mountaintop estate wasn’t a gold mine.
It was a meat grinder that would swallow them whole and erase their bones.
From the exact second they walked through the gates, Sienna had been memorizing the layout.
But the mastermind running this place was clearly paranoid about betraying his identity; there wasn’t a single flaw to exploit.
Pulling her gaze away, Sienna noticed Heather was trembling violently.
The fingers digging into her arm were as white as a sheet of soaked paper.
“Sienna Heather whimpered, her voice shattering.
They said we were going to make money… am I… am I going to end up like that too p>
The young girl’s terror was raw, honest, and entirely helpless.
Sienna slowly wrapped her hand over Heather’s freezing, trembling fingers, speaking in a low, soothing tone. “Listen to me. Once we get inside, no matter what they ask you to do.
If you know how to do it, tell them. If you don’t know, admit it.
Do not try to be brave, and do not make up lies to save your own skin. Do you understand p>
Heather nodded aggressively, though hot tears were already pooling in her eyes.
She huddled even closer to Sienna, her voice dropping to a terrified squeak.
“Sienna, I don’t know who you really are, but you’re not like everyone else p>
You have this energy that just makes people feel safe. It’s like you know exactly what to do. I feel so much better just standing next to you p>
Sienna looked down at the innocent, timid girl beside her, her heart giving a faint throb.
She didn’t say a word, she merely squeezed Heather’s hand back.
“Don’t be afraid. We’re in this together p>
The guards led them across the sweeping courtyard and down a dizzying stretch of corridors.
At every turn, stoic guards stood at strict military attention, their eyes cold and lethal, flooding the area with an overwhelming, oppressive tension.
The maids and servants moved like ghosts, their heads bowed and their footsteps utterly silent, conditioned like terrified puppets who barely dared to breathe.
Everything in this place screamed absolute, unfettered power.
Witnessing the flawless discipline and sheer magnitude of this operation only cemented Sienna’s theory.
This was the main headquarters of the man pulling the strings.
They were finally escorted into an isolated, standalone villa.
It was connected to the main mansion by an enclosed glass skybridge.
The interior was fiercely modern and dripping with cold luxury, boasting intimidating, towering ceilings and an impeccably refined layout.
Every single room in the building, except for the massive master suite taking up the entire top floor, had been gutted and converted into high-end medical facilities—state-of-the-art labs, physical therapy rooms, and intensive care units.
Every square inch reeked of astronomical wealth.
The elevator brought them directly to the third floor.
Right across from the elevator bank were the double doors to the villa’s only bedroom.
The moment they stepped into the hallway, a suffocating wave of hospital-grade antiseptic slammed into them.
But beneath that heavy chemical stench was a faint, lingering trace of something else a neurological sedative that Sienna was hypersensitive to.
That specific smell was violently familiar to her.
After burying herself in the lab trying to formulate an antidote, she knew the exact chemical profile of that drug by heart.
As she drew closer to the doors, every nerve in Sienna’s body pulled taut, a dark wave of anxiety washing over her.
She knew.
The mastermind orchestrating this entire nightmare was right behind those doors.
She was finally about to see his true face.