I couldn't move. It was like someone had just poured out cold water on me as that voicemail echoed in my ears over and over again.
I slowly hung up the phone after the voicemail ended. Silence fell over the entire pathway, and it felt like I was deafened by it.
M-Maximus.
I was stunned as I slowly fell to the floor. It was as if I only felt the tiredness throughout my whole body, the exhaustion that had been lurking inside me for a long time.
The fear and pain that had been covering my entire body earlier disappeared, and it was replaced by numbness, suddenly.
I don't know how many seconds I stayed in that state, but right just after a moment, I suddenly felt a rough hand grab me by my left arm.
“Samantha…” Lucas said, his voice worried.
I looked up at him.
Just like before, there
