Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 278

No way, this can't be happening. How on earth did he show up here?

As the thick smoke filled her lungs, Amara felt her breath slipping away. Just before she blacked out, she thought she saw a mirage, and then she felt something touching her skin. It wasn't fire; it was the warmth of human skin...

In the hospital, as she slowly regained consciousness, the sharp scent of antiseptic hit her nose.

Amara opened her eyes and instinctively tried to move, only to be met with a wave of intense pain. She winced.

"Amara, you're awake," a familiar voice said, full of concern. "How are you feeling?"

Amara's eyes widened, and she saw Elysia's face hovering above her, etched

with worry.

"I... cough, cough..."

a word out before a fit of coughing took over. Elysia

Amara's throat felt a bit more comfortable, so she said, "I'm okay.

safe now," Elysia assured her. "The doctors said you were huddled a corner away from the flames, so you didn't get any physical injuries, but you did inhale some smoke. Your lungs might feel a bit uncomfortable for a few days, but

when I take a big breath, but I

the memories

Elysia's help, she managed to sit up, her brow furrowed in

only other person in the room besides Elysia was Dorian, who was sitting on the couch, rubbing his forehead, and watching the conversation unfold. But Amara didn't pay him much attention. Instead, she asked anxiously,

sat on the hospital bed, recounting the events as she remembered them. "I had just stepped into the shower, starting to undress, when something next to me exploded. I think it was a plastic

so quickly. It was terrifying." "Oh, and one odd thing-the sound of that container exploding was really faint. If I hadn't

have been a silencer device

to hurt you," Elysia said, her expression darkening,

paled as she ran through a list of names in her head,