He spoke in a low voice, almost inaudible. "Just give me some time... Give me some time to sort all this out."
Yes, what he needed now was time.
Time to face himself, to change himself little by little.
Goye said nothing more, just silently slipped his hand from her grasp.
Then, he turned and walked softly to stand beside Chu Jing.
Shoulder to shoulder with her.
By this time, Chu Jing was surrounded in the center by tall, sturdy Male Beasts, with almost no room to retreat.
Neither servile nor overbearing, she pushed aside the two Beastmen blocking her way at the very front.
Her gaze locked directly onto the face of the female beast who had been the first to provoke her.
"That's right. I was the one who killed Du Nan's mate during the conflict, and I don't deny that I injured the Fox Clan's patriarch with my own hands."
"But the deaths of those warriors from the tribe were not caused by me. I won't take the blame for that."
