Chapter 44

“Kattie! Snap out of it! Don’t believe them!”

Jasper’s shout echoed from afar. In their situation, Jasper had been trying to support Viktor while monitoring the unfolding events. He had only feared that Kattie would be in danger, but he had never expected her own parents to turn against her.

He was sure it was just a trick to take Kattie’s life; otherwise, why would they have taught her how to open the door and used those others as bait for Kattie to spill some blood? Jasper wasn’t naïve. In this scenario, they would undoubtedly lose more than they would gain. He couldn’t help but urgently shout to stop Kattie’s current actions.

But Kattie, of course, had understood.

She was not someone unaware of the harshness of life, but what should she have done? These were all her friends—people who had loved her—and she would have had to repay them with their lives here. Sena and Jinx—she couldn’t lose them! They were too important in her dull life.

She couldn’t j