A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 152

A faint knock at the door broke the silence of the secluded mountain retreat.

“Who’s there?”

The locale was nestled deep in the woodlands, surrounded by a community of farmers tending their fields. Who could possibly come knocking?

“Hello there, I’m from just around the bend. Made a bit too much stew and thought I might bring some over for you.” The earnest voice of a local yokel followed, and the man with the sandy hair sneered, muttering. “These country bumpkins sure are simpletons.”

Matilda sensed her chance and let out a few weak cries for help, only to be silenced by a harsh punch to the stomach from the man.

As the door opened, hope flashed before her eyes, but she could no longer make a sound to call for help.

Please… someone notice me here…

Her consciousness began to slip away, and in a hazy mist, she thought she saw the blond man fall to the floor and a shadow rushing towards her.

With her consciousness fading, right before she blacked out, she thought she saw a pair of

eyes…

The next moment, she closed her eyes emptily, lifeless, her entire being void of vitality.

in love. This world has twisted me into a monster, taking everything from me, destroying all I had, and in the end, it wants to destroy the last kin I have

no one can claim innocence.

abyss, surrounded by darkness, silence, and

lay unconscious for a full

her bedside, his eyes red with strain, unable to shake the shock of first seeing her on that disheveled bed. The bloodied woman lay there, still as death, her fingers clenched so tightly that even in her unconscious state,

out, leaving a

this to her? Who kept

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wake up. Let’s get you to

convulsing like he was having spasms. At that moment, the towering figure of a man seemed as helpless as a child. “Please open your eyes, okay? Don’t scare

so ravaged, lifeless, as if she were gone forever. He knew her to be cunning, playing

loss of her loved ones, and innocent… in the

her and see

world. He loathed her, but why, upon seeing her like this, did his heart feel as if it

to the hospital, the two men stood in the corridor outside the operating room, their eyes reflecting unease and panic when they faced each

seemed to finally lose his strength, slumping against

who could