Chapter 1283: I’ll Protect You, I Absolutely Won’t Let Them Hurt You

Chapter 1283: Chapter 1283: I’ll Protect You, I Absolutely Won’t Let Them Hurt You

"Boom——!"

Aurelia Shaw kicked the iron door, the sound echoed loudly in the empty, quiet room.

"Are you scared?" Alaric Wood asked, his red eyes staring at Aurelia.

It felt like being watched by a demon.

Each cell had a reflective mirror made of aluminum foil, probably so that the people inside could see themselves withering away every day, gradually draining their hope, turning them into a walking corpse.

Alaric glimpsed his red eyes in the reflection, quickly looked down again, and hugged himself tightly.

He had been told more than once that his eyes were ugly, like a monster’s, and he hated them.

Aurelia lowered her eyes, lost in thought, unaware of Alaric’s strangeness.

The night was silent.

Yet Aurelia had a nightmare; it was filled with masked people, knives, cutting open her belly, pulling out her intestines, and holding them before her with a sinister smile.

A hundred ghostly faces hovered before her eyes.

"No...don’t...go away...ah——!" Aurelia sat up abruptly, her back slick with cold sweat, and suddenly, her hand was engulfed in warmth, followed by a low voice from a young man.

"Don’t be afraid, you just had a nightmare, don’t, don’t be afraid."

Perhaps because he wasn’t good at comforting people, and due to his usual lack of communication, his words stumbled awkwardly, as he gathered every comforting scene and word he could think of to soothe the girl.

"Sob...wahh..." Aurelia hugged her knees and cried, her shoulders shaking, and the sound of her cry was a suppressed "whimper."

"Wha...what’s wrong?" Alaric was so scared he didn’t know what to do.

He had never comforted a girl or interacted with one, so he didn’t know what to do in this situation. His eyebrows knitted tightly, hands raised and then lowered, clueless.

"They...they’ll take me for live experiments, I don’t want it, I want my mom, I want to find my mom." The fragmented voice mixed with sobbing cries, as Aurelia’s shoulders shook.

Alaric’s body suddenly stiffened.

He hadn’t expected his words during the day to truly frighten her.

He thought she wasn’t afraid.

Thought she had grown up protected in a castle, completely unaware of how dangerous this place was, thought she still considered this her castle, and herself a little princess.

It turned out her calm demeanor during the day, always talking to him, was out of fear and a lack of security.

Alaric bit his lip, filled with remorse, he pulled her into his arms, solemnly promising, "I will protect you, I absolutely won’t let them hurt you."

"I-I want to find my mom..." Aurelia said through her tears.

"I will take you out, don’t be afraid," Alaric replied.

I will take you out, don’t be afraid.

...

Memories tore through his skull trying to burst out, Alaric’s body swayed unsteadily, grabbing onto a branch to keep himself from falling.

He gasped for breath like a fish desperately struggling without water, his brain about to split apart with pain.

Dizzy eyes watched the two figures in the distance.

...

"Let’s get married."

Aurelia repeated once more.

Mason Nightshade was stunned for an instant, then smiled, "Be good, stop fooling around."

"I’m not joking." Aurelia squatted down in front of Mason, though not on one knee, her face was full of sincerity, her clear eyes never leaving Mason, her hand caressing his face, "I’ve thought it through carefully, these past few days I’ve been reflecting on our relationship, and I know clearly, in my heart, besides you, I don’t want anyone else to be my husband."