A Film Queen

A Film Queen of Two Worlds

Chapter 172 The Obedient Little Beast.

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Milly woke up from the pain. Her whole body felt as if her bones had been crushed and reassembled, it felt alien to her.

Low growling noises buzzed in her ears, creating a chaotic din… She forced her eyes open, despite the pain. The first thing she saw was the metal ceiling. Was I still in the basement?

The events from before flooded back into her mind–attending the banquet with George, buying an experiment subject who looked remarkably like her mute brother from the orphanage, the explosion, and shielding the experiment before losing consciousness…..

Oh no, could he be in danger?

“Apollo!” Milly forced herself to sit up despite her discomfort.

Her shout immediately drew Apollo’s attention. Just moments before, he had been poised to attack, but now he whimpered softly and approached her like a cat being soothed.

He didn’t know how to heal her, but seeing Milly lying weakly before him made him incredibly anxious. Suddenly, he had an idea. He bit into his own wrist, and in a rush, pressed the bleeding wound to her mouth.

“Ahhh…” He couldn’t speak, so he anxiously pushed his bleeding wrist toward her. Milly didn’t understand his self–destructive behaviour but saw that he was now willing to be close to her. She smiled, forcing herself to endure the pain, and tried to calm him, “How about we go see a doctor?”

Apollo tilted his head, not understanding what she meant.

wh

always liked his blood. Drinking his blood made them happy

his wrist again, causing more blood to flow. Nervously, he pressed his wrist

grabbed his arm to stop him from hurting himself further. “Don’t

to drink his blood. He’s an experiment subject, injected with various substances since childhood. His blood probably contains special components that can

and saw George and several mercenaries cornered at one side of the room. Many of the mercenaries were covered in

frowned. “How did you get injured? Was it

frowned at her words and then glanced at the figure beside her. He didn’t plan to hide the truth and spoke honestly, “No, it was Apollo.” S~ᴇaʀᴄh the (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels

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experiment subject–emotionless,

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“In short, he’s dangerous.”

his big eyes filled with dependence as

was stunned.

really

he looked so thin and weak–how could he have fought off

doubted George’s words. “No way,

nuzzled against her like a cat, as obedient as could be, completely at odds with the ruthless image George had painted. Milly giggled, clearly having already forgotten Apollo’s earlier snarling, ferocious demeanour in

narrowed his eyes, watching this scene

subject supposedly devoid of emotions, could become so close to a

moments before, when the bomb exploded, George had intended to rush forward and pull Milly away. But Apollo had moved faster, breaking the chains on his limbs with brute strength and, with incredible speed, grabbing Milly and shielding her from

force of the explosion still caused Milly to

to a beast’s. He

prepared, George quickly found himself at a disadvantage against the experiment subject, who had

to help couldn’t’use their guns to shoot to kill, so they resorted to hand–to- hand combat.

stayed close to Milly to protect her, never

the room would likely have

experiment to Milly,

Apollo was willing to

checked herself, relieved to find

key to unlock the chains still wrapped around Apollo’s wrists and ankles, then examined his injuries. They were severe, with old and new wounds crisscrossing his body in