When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I was stunned and baffled by what she meant. She gestured to me as she stole a glance at the mastiff sleeping soundly in the cage.

It suddenly struck me that she was hinting that the mastiff could strike us at any time. The very thought of the mastiff pounding on me brought me out in a cold sweat. Restraining my fear, I calmed myself down and replied firmly, “Yes, I can!”

She nodded and handed me a knife. “All the best to you! Take care of your own safety!” she warned me and approached the cage to unlock the main door.

Once the main door was unlocked, the mastiffs were still motionless and sleeping soundly.

Standing near the cage, Nora took a deep breath and incapacitated one of the mastiffs with an electric baton.

In a split second, the mastiff howled in pain as the electric baton inflicted electric shock on it. She then moved aside swiftly.

That one mastiff’s deafening howl triggered the other mastiffs as well. They woke up one by one and glared at both of us viciously.

Raising the electric baton in her hand, Nora looked at me with chattering teeth. With a quivering voice, she reminded me, “Grab hold of the knife tightly and protect yourself!”

I nodded as my heart pounded tremendously with fear.

out slowly from the cage and fixed

which was incapacitated by Nora earlier approached her as if it knew that Nora was the one who had woken it

as I asked, “Nora, what are we

life would be at risk.

with fear. I stuck myself closer to the wall, with the knife tightly clenched

spine. Even though Nora mentioned that the mastiffs had just taken their meals and would not eat us, it didn’t mean that they wouldn’t bite us! For some reason, I felt like

holding the knife must have provoked the mastiff in a way. That explained why its agitation was triggered at once, and it was ready to pounce on me. Standing rooted to the floor, I could only shut my eyes and screamed at the top of my lungs.

taken aback by the ear-piercing sound of gunshots. Thud! The beast, which was still pouncing on me seconds ago, collapsed onto the floor. It writhed in pain

the other mastiffs were also lying motionless on the floor, with a syringe

said in an icy-cold tone as he glared at us. He was standing with the other bodyguards at the main entrance

looked at Spencer with her teary eyes and asked nervously, “Spencer, how is Armond? Has he woken up? Can I go and

frowned slightly as he replied, “Mr. Murphy has just woken up. Ms. Oberick, don’t worry,

now. But it was never my intention to hurt him. I just really love him, so I was blinded by my jealousy.

“Let’s go. Just don’t be