Bab 242: Reaping each other's fate

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Eve's face turned pale.

It was because she noticed the people around watching her with a loathful gaze. The look in their eyes was something she had never expected to see, and now that she did, it frightened her. Her cheek that the man had slapped had turned numb in pain. 

Some of the people, even though they didn't utter a word against her, didn't support her either and watched the scene in front of them. 

Someone in the crowd shouted in rage, "Drag her to the town's centre!"

"Aye! Aye!" A few townsfolk agreed while Patrick stared at Eve with his nose up high. 

There was no one here who supported her, and she was alone. Her blue eyes had turned wide, and she tried to defend herself, but it was one against many. 

Patrick noticed Eve looked helpless, and he sat on his heels to level himself with her gaze. He said in a low voice only for her to hear,