Selena held Leia's hand and pointed the gun at herself, "Here, I'll tell you what to do, you'll feel less pain..."
Leia sensed something and her whole body froze.
In the next second, there was a bang sound.
Selena has an extra blood hole on her shoulder.
She looked at the stunned Leia, her lips pale, and asked gently, "Has this reduced your pain?"
Leia stared at the blood on her shoulder, shocked and unable to react.
Osvaldo, who was startled by the sound of gunshots, immediately burst in from outside the door.
At a glance of the scene in front of him, the man's gaze turned cold and he struck Leia, sending her flying.
Osvaldo supported Selena with one hand and pulled out a gun with the other, aimed at Leia and was about to pull the trigger, but Selena grabbed his arm first and said, "Don't kill her!"
Leia fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. She looked at Selena, who was being held by Osvaldo, and suddenly burst into tears, saying "Madam, I didn't want to do it, I didn't want to do it but..."
She looked at the blood on her hands that belonged to Selena, with a heart-wrenching expression of confusion on her face, and cried out, "You killed my parents and so many children. Shouldn't I hate you?"
Overnight, she lost her home, her parents, everything...
Other people who were alerted by the sound of the robbery arrived at the scene and were all shocked when they heard Leia's words.
Selena held her injured shoulder and took slow steps towards Leia. Her eyes were pitch black, while her lips were incredibly pale. "I killed your father and mother, and I even nearly killed you. You hate me... and it's justified."
Leia's face was filled with tears as she looked up at her in confusion.
"I'm sorry, but I can't die at your hands!" Selena looked at Leia one last time and gave the order, "Take her downstairs to recover."
Immediately someone stepped forward and took hold of Leia, leading her away.
After a moment of silence on the scene, Selena spoke coldly, "When Joanna comes back, hand Leia over to her."
At this critical moment, she couldn't leave anyone around who could potentially kill her at any time.
After speaking, Selena was carried back to the bedroom by Osvaldo.
Patrick wanted to follow them but Oscar spoke up. "The Alliance President will heal her injuries. At this time it's best not to disturb her."
Selena was deeply emotional and it seemed that everyone including Osvaldo was causing her pain.
In the bedroom with Osvaldo carrying Selena back into the room, she tried hard to maintain a strong front but eventually broke down in his arms trembling. A tear fell from the corner of her eye.
Osvaldo saw how fragile and pale she looked and his eyes were filled with anger. He put Selena down on the bed and gently stroked her snow-white face while looking into her eyes saying,"Selena listen to me - you did nothing wrong."
"That order was given by me," Selena said, her face expressionless but tears falling from her eyes. "I saw them die in front of me, including the couple who tried to protect their daughter."
Eight years later, their daughter would come to Selena's side and protect her for all this time. It was a cruel irony for both Leia and Selena.
Osvaldo's heart ached as he gently wiped away Selena's tears. "Selena killed them to save more people," he said. "If she didn't do it, more innocent children would have died."
"You're the kindest and greatest queen there is," he added.
"No one does it better than you."
Life is full of difficult choices, and Selena's only sin in life was those children who died.
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