This chapter is dedicated to @Lilli_Fiona! Thank you so much for the supergift!!
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A smile stretched across his face, but it failed to reach his eyes.
Suddenly, droplets of blood splattered across Elle's face, shocking her into wide-eyed disbelief. She stared at his arm, which he had just brutally smashed with a pointed stone. Blood soaked his arm, the wound horrific and severe.
"What... what the hell are you..." Elle stammered, utterly taken aback by the man's actions.
"Seems my hand slipped," he nonchalantly murmured, his expression devoid of pain. "At least it's a fair exchange."
"Oh God!" Elle exclaimed, reaching out instinctively to touch his injured arm, her mind racing with concern and worry. "Are you mad?!" Her frustration and worry poured out in her words, unable to comprehend why he would deliberately harm himself in this manner.
