Alpha Damien's Trouble Maker (by Ruby Anne) novel Chapter 197

Chapter 197

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I did not even have the energy to be offended anymore, so I simply ignored him and bent down to help my underling up anyway, draping his arm over my shoulder as I muttered, “I know I am not smart. You do not need to keep reminding me.”

“If you help him,” the prince said coldly, “you will die, because that thing will catch up to you in no time.”

I looked toward the monster and saw his guard still keeping it back with her arrows, but even I knew that would not last much longer, so I tightened my grip on my underling and replied, “It does not matter. I can do it.”

“No, you cannot,” the prince said immediately. “You will die, and you know that.”

I turned my head toward him and glared. “Mind your business.”

I started trying to pull my underling with me, but suddenly he resisted, his body refusing to move no matter how much I tugged at him, and I turned toward him in annoyance only to see him smiling sadly at me.

“It is okay, boss,” he said softly. “Please leave me behind.”

I stared at him. “What nonsense are you saying? Were you not begging earlier, crying about not wanting to die?”

He laughed weakly before nodding. “I was, but it cannot be helped now. You did your best for me, and for that I will serve you even in my next life, but please just leave and tell my mother that I died bravely, because I want her to be proud of me.”

I frowned deeply. I was not someone who got emotional easily. I never had been. But for some reason, hearing him say that left a bitter feeling in my chest that I could not ignore.

Was that really how the world worked?

Did the weak simply die while the strong moved forward?

Was that all there was to life? If that were true, then when I was weak, should I have died too?

My hand clenched tightly, then I shook my head and pulled him closer onto my shoulder.

“No,” I said firmly. “It does not matter if you are weak, because if I am strong enough, then I will help you, and we are getting out of here together no matter what.”

Everyone around me stared. Even my underling looked completely shocked. The prince watched me silently for a moment before shaking his head and muttering, “Everyone who stays around my sister is a fool.”

I smiled at that and glanced at him. “Including you?”

His eyes narrowed slightly.

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I chuckled before adding, “I have siblings too, so I know what it looks like when someone cares about their younger sibling but pretends otherwise because they think being cold will protect them, but trust me, it will not, because all it will do is make you lose her. So you better change before you lose the most important person in your life.”

The prince said nothing, but notably, he did not deny it either.

“Your Highness, we have to leave!” his guard suddenly shouted.

We all turned toward her and saw that her arrows were gone.

She had no more left, and the monster was furious. Its body trembled with rage as it growled, its remaining eye burning with murderous hatred.

I did not waste another second. I tightened my grip on my underling and turned, trying to get the hell out of there as fast as possible. But the beast had no intention of letting any of us escape.

It suddenly lifted one of its massive feet high into the air and brought it crashing down toward us with terrifying force, clearly trying to crush all of us beneath it. But before it could hit, the prince snapped his whip forward.

The whip shot through the air and wrapped around the monster’s leg before tightening instantly, stopping its massive foot just above our heads, the sheer force of the prince’s strength making the creature’s limb freeze in place despite its weight.

My eyes widened in surprise as I stared at him. The prince did not even look at me.

He simply gritted his teeth and said, “Leave.”

His guard immediately jumped down beside him, pulling out her sword and stepping into position with her blade pointed toward the monster.

The prince’s voice remained calm as he said, “We will delay it.”

I frowned deeply as I stared at the prince and his guard standing before that monstrous beast, both of them prepared to risk their lives just to buy us time, and honestly, I had not expected that from him at all.

I had always assumed that if things ever became desperate enough, the prince would abandon everyone else without hesitation and save himself first, because he always carried himself like the type of man who valued his own life above everyone around him.

Part of me wanted to leave immediately, because hell, I should have left, and no matter how much I hated to admit it, running was the smartest thing to do in this situation, but even though I found the prince insufferable and arrogant beyond belief, I also knew one thing for certain, Chloe would never forgive me if t stood by and let her brother die when I had the chance to help.

Just as I was trying to think of what the hell I should even do, the beast suddenly roared loud enough to make the ground beneath us shake before violently yanking its leg free from the prince’s whip, and then in one terrifying motion, it raised its enormous arm high into the air until its massive hand cast a shadow over all of us, blocking out the light above before swinging downward with enough force to flatten every single person standing there.

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My eyes widened immediately. It was too fast.

Far too fast.

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