Shanaia tried to reach for Joaquin and touch his face but he grabbed her wrist.
“Joaquin…” she mumbled.
Then Shanaia was surprised when Joaquin pressed the blade of his sword harder against her throat. Shanaia froze as at that moment; Joaquin was void of any emotions. He was like a blank canvas without anything written on him.
‘I think you pissed him when you said you’d leave him,’ Hanwi said.
Shanaia still tried to touch him and then she winced when she felt the blade made a cut on her skin.
“Joaquin, please…” she pleads and touches his cheek.
Joaquin was visibly startled when he touched him.
“I’m sorry you have to witness all of this, such violence and pain. But I assure you, my love. I am not dead, I am alive,” she told him.
Then she grabbed his hand and placed his palm against
