'He used them… to rush back to the hotel… just to retrieve this bracelet…'
Without hesitation, she grabbed the jade bracelet and slipped it onto her wrist.
The moment it touched her skin, a wave of reassurance flowed through her body, warm and steady, like being wrapped in invisible arms.
She looked back toward Shelley.
Only then did she notice that Shelley was not fighting alone.
Rim was there as well.
The sight stunned her.
She had never imagined that, at her most desperate moment, it would be Shelley who stood between her and death.
Yet the shock lasted no more than two seconds before Shelley's voice cut through the chaos.
"Lana! Leave! Now!"
Lana stared at her, bewildered.
"If you can survive, why don't you leave with me?" she shouted back.
Shelley gritted her teeth, barely dodging a lethal strike.
