Amber heard Jameson clearly but felt torn between her mind and body. She couldn't utter a response.

"Go. Now," Jameson urged, his gaze turning icy.

A shiver wracked Amber as she rose, her dress clinging uncomfortably to her cold sweat. She was alive, but she felt as if she had died over and over again.

She walked toward Wesley; a few steps felt like a lifetime.

Wesley's hands were bound, so he used his head to prop himself up. He swayed as he kneeled before her.

He had known he would die the moment he was captured. However, he wasn't resigned to a meaningless death; he wanted to die with dignity.

Carl approached and took Amber's cold hand, placing a gun in it and forcing her fingers to grip the handle. Despite the blood covering his face, Wesley offered her a wan smile, a gesture meant to comfort Amber.

she squeezed them

opened her eyes

left eye was swollen and bloodshot; he could only see through his right eye. No one else would have noticed,

of understanding shot through Amber-Wesley was sending her

her trembling fingertips against her side, matching the rhythm of Wesley's blinks, committing his last words to

keep Mr. Schmidt waiting." Carl looked at her with

heavily, on the verge of tears, unable

attention was on Amber, Wesley suddenly got up from the ground and pushed Amber aside with all his strength.

these underlings were professionally trained. They shouldn't have been this slow to react-including Carl. They had been careless! They never

eyes were bloodshot as he fiercely bit Jameson's

Everyone panicked and was unsure what to

was outraged. He shouted as he aimed his gun at Wesley's back and fired

in anymore. Tears streamed

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