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Chapter 8

Author: Solemn Farewell
Still, I fought to hold on. Every second I bought might be one second closer to rescue.

The knife drove into my left arm again and again until the agony tore through my throat in hoarse, broken screams.

Nicholas demanded my surrender, over and over. But how could I beg him for mercy?

The wounds multiplied, my entire arm turned numb, stripped of all feeling. My consciousness blurred at the edges.

The thought of more pain to come hollowed me out with despair.

And then, to my disbelief, Nicholas suddenly flung the blade aside.

"Boring," he sneered. "Enough. Better to just kill you outright."

His words made my heart seize in my chest.

Nicholas had given up the game, and the thugs behind him exhaled in relief.

"You do it," he ordered, clapping his hands once before pulling out a handkerchief to wipe them clean.

The men advanced, pulling something from their coats.

I shut my eyes slowly, bracing for death.

But just as darkness closed in, the shatter of glass split the air.

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