Chapter 71: Back in moonstone

Ansari's pov.

I sprang from my bed, drenched in cold sweat and fear—Jasper's threat.

I looked out the window; it was already dusk.

Yes, your people will be killed before the dawn of tomorrow. You might try your best to save them, but you already have a lot on your hands.

His exact words, I could try to save them if I wished.

I rose to my feet, the pain and the injuries were forgotten, and I tried to make my way to the door, but I was too fucking lightheaded. The door spun before me, and it seemed to be miles away.

“What's happening..??” I asked uneasily. I could see the ground rushing up to meet me, but I could do nothing to stop my fall.

I fell with a heavy thud. I did not understand why I …mologon venom.

But I needed to get up. I needed to find a way out of there so that I could go to my daughter and warn her about what was yet to come.

My limbs did not respond to me, and my hands stayed where they lay.

Frustration finally reached me, like a mother's embrace after she found a child