Chapter 0720 Nina

"I knew you would come back for your little friend."

The cold, sharp points of the spears pressed against our backs felt like nothing compared to the bite of Mila's words. God, I felt like a stupid little child in that moment. We had walked straight into a trap. A rather obvious one, at that. How foolish were we for thinking that it would be so easy to walk right into Mila's palace without running into a single guard?

I felt my heart clench in my chest as I looked upon the scene that was waiting for me: Mila, standing in the middle of the morgue with Luke at her side. He was kneeling beside her with a metal collar around his neck and a chain that led straight to Mila's hand.

Like a dog.

"Let him go, Mila," Enzo growled, attempting to take a step forward.

stopped nonetheless. There was nowhere he could go. It was either into one spear or another. Because the moment he had moved, another spear had appeared at his front

up." Mila smirked. "Coming back for your friend like this is so endearing and yet... it's so, so

hands clinked together as she did so, and I saw Luke's neck jerk a bit. But he didn't lift his head.

continued patronizingly, "But unfortunately, being sweet is a weakness in this world.

hardly felt it. My senses were locked on two things: the sharp end of the spear still

bound around us. "He

poor little lost puppy would follow you to the ends of the earth." I felt my throat close up at Mila's words. It was true; Luke had made a promise to me to be my protector. Not once had he broken it. And thanks to that, he was here because of me. He

else who came into my

to stay by

since we had returned, he finally spoke. His voice was low and gravelly, like iron being raked over

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