Chapter 72

Roxanne was too weak, but she still managed to lift her hand and slap Sebastian's face. With resentment in her voice, she hissed out the words, "I'm already dying. Can't you just let me go? I don't want to see you! Let's never meet again!" As soon as she finished speaking, her strength gave out, and she lost consciousness. Sebastian held her in his arms. A sharp pain twisted in his chest as if something was tearing him apart from the inside. Clutching her tightly, he carried her to a spot beneath a rocky overhang, seeking shelter from the cold night and the splashing stream. But soon, he realized something was wrong—her body was burning up. She had a fever. Panic surged through him. He quickly stripped off her soaked clothes and then removed his own clothes, hanging them high on a tree branch in a visible spot. Her clothes were already tattered from being snagged on branches. He wrung them as dry as he could. As her body temperature kept rising, fear gripped him. Thankfully,