A Beauty With Multiple Masks

That lengthy wound shaped like a centipede extended from her wrist to the tip of her fingers when Larissa measured her own palm against it.

She could not imagine how Arielle was able to stitch up such a gruesome gash without flinching as the sight of it made her own skin crawl. At the same time, she also felt sorry for her.

When she looked over at the other woman, she found that apart from being more pallid than before, she had nary a frown on her.

My word. They are really badass, these two.

After Arielle had carefully treated every single injury on the woman’s body, she helped her into a fresh change of clothing that was loose and comfortable.

Her own back, though, had become slick with her own perspiration once all these were done with.

She then exhaled and said, “All right. Now you can tell me what happened.”

be that she did not trust anyone outside of Vinson, so

spoke up, “Take your time, both of you. I’ll

and the woman only broke her silence

replied while she shook her head.

and her brows creased into a taut furrow, as though she had been overcome by some painful recollection. “While we were tailing your car for your protection yesterday, a truck that was parked by the side suddenly rammed into us. The size of the vehicle and the sudden impact sent our car over the edge and into the river below while we

for some time afterward, but Arielle

hit the water, and Blake was rendered unconscious… Water kept rushing inside so I smashed the

was close to choking up at this

choice but to get myself out first. When I wanted to go and get help, those guys found their way to us. I had to leave Blake and swim across the river alone, but they kept hunting for me. It took several hours

the woman buried her face in her

woman desperately wanted to suppress her own emotions by the way she quivered all over. The latter let out nary a sound even