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.
in Amber's eyes as she squeezed them shut. The dank basement
her
No one else would have noticed, but Amber saw his right eye blinking in a specific
understanding shot through Amber-Wesley was sending her
side, matching the rhythm of Wesley's blinks, committing
Schmidt waiting." Carl looked at her with
gun at Wesley. She panted heavily, on the verge of tears, unable to pull the trigger. In that moment, she wanted to
attention was on Amber, Wesley suddenly got up from the ground and pushed Amber aside with all his strength. Amber staggered backward, but Carl
lunged at Jameson like an angered lion. Wesley acted so fast that none of Jameson's underlings could react in time. However, these underlings were professionally trained. They shouldn't have been this slow to react-including Carl. They had been careless! They never expected
eyes were bloodshot as he fiercely bit Jameson's left
Everyone panicked and was unsure
was outraged. He shouted as he aimed his gun at
it in anymore. Tears
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