Semua Bab Fate Says No, but the Devil Says Yes: Bab 11

A month later, the alarm system outside the valley suddenly blared, its shrill screech piercing the air. Hearing it from inside the valley, I felt a surge of foreboding tighten in my chest.I rushed outside, then froze at the sight before me. There stood Lucas, battered and bruised, with Isabella and a group of his men—all in equally wretched shape—gathered just outside the protective ward.He swayed unsteadily, his dark shirt drenched in blood. Gruesome wounds criss-crossed his body, each still bleeding and staining the ground beneath him crimson.Yet even as his breathing grew faint, his eyes burned with stubborn determination, fixed fiercely on the valley ahead.Isabella walked beside him, her once-delicate face now marred by horrific scars. Wolfsbane had ravaged her skin, leaving it in a grotesque state.Her head hung low, eyes filled with regret and agony. She trembled, every trace of her former arrogance gone.Lucas' men fared no better; many were so badly wounded they coul