Long Cheng could not help his emotions, so he grabbed Lu Meili by the neck to bring her closer and held her in his arms, as he tries to not do it so tightly to avoid hurting her further.
"Wound… back…" Lu Meili moaned slightly reminding Long Cheng to loosen his hold, but he still didn't let go.
Long Cheng nodded his head as he suppressed the anger in his heart for the soldiers who had hurt his mate. It was not the order, and it was deliberately commanded that she should be captured unharmed.
Why would they do this? Because she killed Rusan? Long Cheng mortal side tried to justify the soldiers' action. However, his beast was being murderous and wanted to kill them for touching her.
