Chapter 116. Die for You

ARDEN

“Seriously, why did you have to come here?”

Tessa sighed by my side, leaning against the cold brick wall. If I told her that behind this wall were three skeleton bodies of young women like us, would she be freaked out? She definitely would.

But she didn’t need another source of trauma. I glanced at her and found bruises on her neck, a cut on her brow, and red marks on her wrists and arms.

“Are you alright?” I asked before anything else.

“I’m fine,” she waved me off with the same sweet smile that always made me feel better. “You shouldn’t have come, though. I was planning on leaving some evidence that would lead to Mr. Winters once he kills me.”

“Imagine—a mediocre female student dies in the hands of the esteemed headmaster. That would make a great headline.”

“There are three lies in that statement,” I muttered. She turned to me and raised a brow.

“First, you’re not mediocre. You’re genuinely one of the prettiest girls I’ve ever s