Hearing the unspoken meaning in Autumn’s words, Keith let out a quiet sigh and firmly took her hand. “I won’t allow the same thing to happen again. You can trust me on that.”He had wanted to say that as long as she stayed by his side, he would never let her leave, that he would protect her himself from now on.But when the words reached his lips, they came out differently.Autumn tried to pull her hand back, only to realize she had no strength at all. Her instinctive resistance instead made Keith tighten his grip.She closed her eyes, steeled her heart, and said, “Keith, let me go. I just want to live. I don’t want to be dragged into the power struggles of your world.“I’m just an ordinary person. I’m not fearless because I’ve already died once. On the contrary, I’m even more afraid of dying now.”She knew he was trying to explain, lowering himself to placate her in his own way.But what did it matter anymore?In the face of life and death, everything else was nothing more than superf
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