Chapter 190 Hoping

• Celine POV
• The fake Sebastian is faster, striking hard across Dolton’s ribs. He stumbles but doesn’t fall, his grip tightening on his weapon as he slashes again, this time cutting deep into its chest. It should have been enough. It would have been enough against anything real. But this isn’t real. These creatures don’t react like normal enemies. They don’t weaken, don’t hesitate. They only persist.
• Panic digs into me, sharp and relentless. Every instinct screams at me to step in, to stop this before Dolton gets himself killed. I feel every impact, every moment of hesitation in his movements. He’s standing alone, fighting alone, while we just watch.