Chapter 188

Sacrificing herself for others? Yeah, that had never really been her thing. She used to roll her eyes at those dramatic "die for love" types—until now. Turns out, when it actually came down to it, she just couldn't bring herself to drag Julian down with her. Conscience was a tricky thing. It wasn't even about how deep her feelings were. Just the idea of Julian dying because she did something selfish? She'd never forgive herself. Anyway, if she died here, Julian would probably still manage to take care of Ms. Young, right? Anna had thought of everything—except that she didn't even manage to get the words out before a hand clamped down over her mouth from behind. "Mm-mm-mm!—" Screw it. She was already in deep, might as well go all in. Anna snapped. She started thrashing like crazy, totally ignoring the cold barrel digging into her temple. She might've looked like a startled reindeer, only feral. She didn't fight clean either. Honestly, who could expect her to? Girl was desperate. She wen