The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 67

  • Chapter 13

  • For a moment, my ears seemed to lose all function–everything around me fell into deafening silence.

  • It felt as if a scalding giant hand had slammed me into the ground.

  • I coughed up a mouthful of blood, my internal organs seemingly displaced by the impact.

  • Thick smoke billowed into the air, obscuring everything in sight.

  • Something warm trickled down my face.

  • I reached up to touch it, and my palm came away smeared with blood.

  • Joseph had been thrown by the explosion, lying sprawled not far from me.

  • I tried to get up, but my legs refused to support me.

  • With trembling hands, I crawled toward him, my knees scraping against the rough ground.

  • Reaching him, I checked for breath, praying desperately.

  • Thankfully, he was still alive.

  • Gunshots echoed again, faint but approaching fast.

  • Fighting against panic, I hoisted Joseph onto my back, staggering to my feet.

  • I stumbled forward, but armed men were everywhere, their shadows looming menacingly.

  • Forced to change course, I turned and plunged deeper into the forest.

  • I had no idea how long I ran. My legs gradually numbed until I could no longer feel them.

  • Finally, my strength gave out, and I collapsed to the ground.

  • It was then that Joseph stirred.

  • He struggled weakly, attempting to rise but finding himself unable to move.

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  • was faint yet

  • leave me.

  • my face as I sobbed uncontrollably, shaking my head

  • We leave together! Both

  • grabbed my ankle, his grip weak but insistent.

  • get help. You can’t carry us

  • broke down, crying so hard that my chest ached.

  • other! You can’t lie to

  • die, I will

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  • be interrupted by a coughing fit that brought

  • “I’m not lying…

  • “Liars… are puppies…”

  • back my tears, I forced myself to stand, dragging him to lean against

  • as I wiped my face, the tears

  • hand, his gaze steady

  • let me die, right?”

  • tears

  • come back for

  • be okay–I promise!”

  • faintly again and

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  • “Alright.”

  • more than a few steps,

  • air.

  • me, knocking

  • my shoulder, leaving me

  • I’d been shot.

  • to see Joseph collapsing

  • gaping wound in his chest, soaking his white

  • searing pain in my own shoulder, I flipped him over,

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