Chapter 302. Connected

JASON

“Hold on, keep talking to me. Look, it seems like we never should have come on this damned mission. Right?” I asked, trying to laugh to keep her awake.

I knew the girl was on the verge of life and death. Because her wound was deep and she couldn’t press the wound at the same time as guiding the horse.

I looked ahead, never taking my eyes off the road for a minute. Guards were everywhere, turning corners. Soon the man whose cart I stole would raise the alarm that he had been robbed. Then I would be in a lot of trouble.

“Do you remember when I told you about that silly story they used to tell me as a child? At school, they said there was a blue ghost that appeared to children who didn’t study,” I let out a quick laugh.

She wasn’t well, she wasn’t conscious. Little by little she was fading away. That made me incredibly nervous. I wanted to get to a place where we were safe.

I tried to veer off onto less traveled streets. Going too fast would al