Bear Wolf (Joshua Richards) is facing death after tragedy strikes in Emmerdale.
Vulnerable Bear has been helplessly trapped by Ray Walters (Joe Absolom) and Celia Daniels’ (Jaye Griffiths) ever since they recruited him into their modern slavery ring in the summer and brainwashed him so that he couldn’t leave.
They stripped him of his identity, dubbing him ‘Ted’ and removing any possibility of a reconciliation with his son from his mind.
Bear went on to become a protector of fellow slave Anya, who had been trafficked into the country by Celia and Ray, away from her family and small daughter with the promise of a new life that turned out to be living in squalor carrying out slave labour.
Bear took her under his wing, but it wasn’t enough to protect her. Anya died of an infection and Bear was made to dig her grave.
His fellow slaves Mike and Simo tried to talk him into escaping, but Bear was too brainwashed to comply.
Until recently, Celia and Ray hadn’t realised Bear comes from Emmerdale village, but a chance sighting of a picture of Bear in Tenants’ cottage when she accosted Dylan, clued Celia in to his true identity.
With their rule being ‘never take locals’, this posed a bit of an issue for the fake farmers.
But now things are taking a ginormous turn for the worst for Bear, and his identity may play a huge part of the problem.
He gets injured and ends up with a nasty gash on his arm.
Ray checks on him and is alarmed to see just how bad the wound is. Anya died because Ray refused to get her proper treatment, and even he doesn’t want another death on his conscience.
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But with Bear’s wound clearly needing proper treatment, Celia is quick to forbid this – especially given that she now knows who he is.
Taking him to a local doctor risks their entire operation.
Will Ray err on the side of his mother’s caution, or will he risk his own life to save Bear’s?
