Chapter 28. Let Me Distract You from the Pain

“Claire?! Claire!!! ”

I groaned when someone took the fabric from my mouth, and I coughed several times. My jaws were so stiff, and the discomfort in my mouth made it hard for me to say a word. My mind was in a haze, and I was so dizzy. My eyes were automatically filled with tears because all I saw was red. Then I realized that the blood from my head, when I hit it in the carriage a little while ago, streamed down my face, obscuring my vision.

“Claire!!! F*ck! I’m so sorry! ”

I looked at Alpha Edison’s face. I couldn’t see his expression in the darkness. Was he mad at me? Why was he apologizing?

“Your Highness, it’s too hard to trace the culprits! Their scent was gone. I think they left an hour or two ago.”

“FIND THEM! THERE IS NO WAY I WILL LET THEM GET AWAY FROM THIS!”

“Yes, Your Highness!" One of the Zeta soldiers answered.

Alpha Edison was saying something to me, but I was too exhausted to understand the words he was saying. I couldn’t p