Chapter 192: Greatest Mercy
DAHLIA POV
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My heart beat thudded steadily in my chest as I crouched down behind a log. Beside me, a man laid in the snow, staring at me with glassy eyes with an arrow stuck in his back. Red crimson stained the snow around me along with a few bodies. I could hear war cries along with cry for pleas but the sound was muffled through the thumping in my own heart.
A hand clutched mine but it was icy cold and the woman it belonged to was now staring at me with an arrow stuck in her throat. Her mouth was opened slightly as she stared at me with cold lifeless eyes. Her blonde hair was matted to the snow, now crimson thanks to the blood that flowed from my throat. She had grabbed my hand trying to escape the commotion that was happening but they got to her.
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My heart beat was the only thing I could hear, everything around me sounded muffled and the world was a blur around me. I could see the people rushing, I could also see the soldiers chasing after them, swords in their hands as they slayed everyone in their part.
"DAHLIA!"
A voice called me but it sounded muffled to my own ears, like the sound was under water. My heart continued to beat frantically in my chest and it was starting to get hard to breathe. All around me the chaos continued, the cries for help was loud but still muffled. My eyes darted around landing on bodies that couldn’t escape the soldiers.
They were dead, they were all died and it was because of me. The cold rigid hand that held on to mine was enough reminder. She still held on to me with hope that I would save her even death! I drew in a shuddering breath in an attempt to calm myself down but I was failing badly. I couldn’t breathe, I can’t breathe!