A biting cold wind swept across my cheeks, stinging like a knife. I looked at everything before me in despair; were we really going to surrender without a fight?
"Lier, don't be afraid. I won't let them hurt you," Qu Chen's faint voice sounded in my ear. Clutching his still-bleeding wound, he struggled to stand up.
I supported him, tears streaming uncontrollably down my face. "It's all my fault. If it weren't for saving me, you wouldn't have..."
Chapter 25