Chapter 0078

The Timberlakes mansion loomed imposingly, its exterior a testament to wealth and security. CCTV cameras hung like sentinels, their lenses watching and waiting. Men with guns patrolled the grounds, their dogs straining at the leash, eager to pounce. The atmosphere was tense, foreboding.

A faint cry echoed from within the mansion's walls, a sound that sent a shiver down the spine. It was a plea, a desperate cry for help.

In the basement, a sinister scene unfolded. William, Ava's former assistant, lay battered and broken. His face was unrecognizable, his body beaten beyond recovery. The men surrounding him, their faces twisted in cruelty, raised their fists again and again, each blow landing with a sickening thud.

Just as all hope seemed lost, an frail old woman who looked to be in her late fifties emerged from the shadows.

Her eyes gleamed with an otherworldly intensity as she raised her hands, and the men froze, their fists halted mid-air.

The dogs, sensing their masters' unease, wh