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.”

before, or it might be that she did not trust anyone outside of Vinson, so much so that even the confidence she had in Arielle seemed to stem from the

time, both of you. I’ll

silence after the

least I could do,” Arielle replied while she shook her head. “Go on and tell me what happened back

yesterday, a truck that was parked by the side suddenly rammed into us. The size of the vehicle and the sudden impact sent

some time afterward, but Arielle waited

hit the water, and Blake

to choking up at this

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.

the woman buried her face in

could tell that the woman desperately wanted to suppress her own emotions by the way she quivered all over. The latter let