Wei pushed himself off the ground, groaning against the throbbing pain in his broken shoulder. His legs trembled, not from the limp but from the storm of guilt and horror from his first kill.
Yet, he would bloody his hands and muddy his heart, all to offer his daughter a future free of the haunting memories of these monsters... even if he knew he would die for it.
Everyone gazed at him in muted stupor until his first step broke the silence, and his knife glinted with lethal intent on the couple.
Qiao rushed behind Min, forgetting about the slap and kick. Her hands trembled on his shoulders, her voice cracking. "D-Don't let him approach."
A plea met with a swift push that shoved her aside, and the silhouette of her husband rushing for the window as she fell to the ground. "Everything is your fault. Die alone, you bitch!"
