The previous injury felt like a thousand steel spikes piercing through, each nerve excruciatingly painful.

Kate was stunned; she seemed to remember something and immediately ordered them to release me.

Milo, looking unconvinced, said, "Kate, Tobias is just acting. Don't fall for it.

"I only hit him lightly. Who's he trying to fool with this exaggerated act?"

Just as he finished speaking, a gush of bright red blood stained my white shirt, causing the crowd around us to gasp in shock.