CHAPTER 77: The Truth

　　VEXON

　　I felt my whole life fading away when the nurse pulled the stretcher into the OR. I wasn't allowed to enter, but I couldn't think straight.

　　What if she doesn't make it? I thought. What if I lose her?

　　Ruby and Everley were the only ones I have left. Without my precious Gem, I was nothing. Only I knew how I have spent these past 6 months. It was fully filled with pain—only pain.

　　She stood in front of a bullet just to save me—just for me.

　　'From here on, I will sacrifice myself for anyone in danger. I don't care. Stranger or not. I will save that person even if it means hurting myself,' her words echoed in my mind.

　　Everything I have hidden away and refused to feel was flooding to me now. How do I make it stop?

　　I will die without you, Ruby.

　　"Boss? She will be okay," Mane said, putting a hand over my shoulder, "She's strong."

　　I pulled him into a hug. "She took a bullet for me, Mane. She..." I sobbed, my voice cracking with every word.