The Shadows

Tilda's Brilliant Second Life

Chapter 693 A Message From Tilda

Kyla was about to enjoy the moonlit ocean view when she suddenly felt overwhelmingly sleepy.

She went straight back to her cabin and fell asleep almost instantly.

She had no idea that while she slept, the ship quietly changed course.

It wasn’t headed for Valkyria anymore. It was on its way to Slosa.

The next night at 10 p.m., just as the Jensons were finishing up paperwork for Blair’s discharge from the hospital, every single one of them received a mysterious message.

It was the coordinates to an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Slosa.

It would take about two hours to drive there.

By chance, all six of the Jenson sons happened to be together. They each glanced at the same message on their phones, their brows furrowing ever so slightly. “What’s going on?”

Dominic studied the message carefully, and his gut told him this was no accident. After a moment, something seemed to click. “It’s Tilda.”

“What? Dominic, are you saying… this message came from Tilda?”

“It has to be. Look at the signature—this is the one Tilda always uses.”

As the Dark Web Queen, Tilda had once been Dominic’s mentor. Naturally, Dominic understood his mentor better than anyone else. He immediately noticed this small detail.

This was a secret code, something that only the Dark Web Queen and DJ would ever recognize.

Why does Tilda reach out to us like this? She must be trying to send us a message while staying hidden.

The Jenson brothers exchanged glances.

In the end, they decided to go check out the coordinates.

Even if it meant walking into hell.

But since Tilda herself had reached out, they had no choice but to go see for themselves.

“Wait, I’m coming with you guys, too.”

Blair, having overheard that the message came from Tilda, tried to get up from her hospital bed.

“Mom, you’re still weak.”

“If it really is Tilda, I have to go. I need to see what she wanted.”

“This time, I won’t run away. If you won’t take me, I’ll crawl there if I have to.”

Blair’s eyes shone with determination. There was no stopping her.

Dominic and the others realized there was no use arguing with her.

“All right, Mom. Let’s go see Tilda together. We’ll keep you safe.”

When Kyla finally woke up, she immediately sensed something was off.

Why is it … so dark?

She tried to sit up and turn on the light.

But she couldn’t move.

Soon, she realized the darkness wasn’t from a lack of light.

Her head was covered with a black cloth.

The sensation was so real–her heavy limbs, the cold wind brushing against her skin–this was no dream.

It was real.

“What’s happening? What is going on?”

She couldn’t move, so she screamed as loud as she could.

A moment later, someone ripped the black cloth off her head.

The sudden flood of light made her eyes sting and water. She blinked hard, trying to adjust.

When her vision cleared and she saw who stood before her, her heart skipped a beat.

A chill ran down her spine.

“You … Tilda…”

Tilda was standing in front of her, lips curled in a mocking smile.

Terror hit Kyla all at once. She struggled in panic. “Tilda, why are you here? Wasn’t I supposed to be in Valkyria? Let me go! Please, let me go!”

“Kyla, you haven’t paid what you owe me. You thought you could just walk away? Not a chance.

“Do you know where you are right now?”

Tilda’s gaze grew icy.

“Tilda, I never did anything to hurt you! The Jensons are the ones who hurt you. It had nothing to do with me! Please, just let me go. From now on, you go your way, I’ll go mine, and we’ll never cross paths again!”

Kyla begged, completely losing her composure.

She had no memory of their past life, so she didn’t know where she was.

This was the same warehouse where she’d plotted to kill Tilda in a previous life, leaving her to die in a fire.

The Jensons had hurt Tilda deeply, and they had received the punishment they deserved.

But that didn’t mean Kyla could escape justice.

Tilda was determined to collect on every debt owed to her in this life.

“Shut up. You’re too noisy.”

Tilda slapped Kyla hard across the face, again and again.

Smack! Smack!

Kyla’s face swelled up almost instantly.

She stared at Tilda in terror.

She dared not make another sound, too afraid of being slapped again.

Now that she’d fallen into Tilda’s hands, she knew she was doomed.

Kyla felt nothing but despair.

She couldn’t understand how she’d ended up here. Tobias had planned everything perfectly— even the Jensons couldn’t track her.

Her plans were flawless–so how did Tilda manage to find her?

“I know you’re confused, Kyla. But you need to understand–what you owed me in the past, you’ll be paying back tonight.”