Matilda's point of view
It hurts...
It hurts...!
I don't want this...
I'm scared...
I wanted to scream, but all I could do was a struggle; a dirty handkerchief had been tied to my mouth earlier; they had also beheaded my fiancé in front of me, and my two eyes could clearly see how they did it.
My life is on the line, my blood is dripping on the ground, and I'm anemic, so I'll only last a few minutes.
I thought it was all over when my chest was sliced open, but just as Deirther's going for the kill, a miracle became a reality; a man out of nowhere fearlessly took the strike on his back. The mortal wound he received was dangerous than the one I have on the chest now, his spine might get dislocated and cause paralysis leading to his death.
But the braver he looks, the more I believe h
