When Petals Meet The Blade (Priscilla and Waldo) novel Chapter 158

“The medic’s already dead in battle Where the hell did you crawl out from?” one of the soldiers shouted angrily.

The men around clenched their jaws in frustration, but there was nothing they could do. After all, Waldo risked his own life to save her.

if anyone lay a finger on her now, it would be like taking Waldo’s own life.

Haghie quickly knelt beside Waldo and said urgently, “Your Highness, we’re out of medicine and can’t treat you. I’ll pick a team of elite soldiers and break through again! Rest assured, Your Highness, I swear I’ll get you safely back to the capitair”

“Don’t.“Waldo gripped Hughie’s wrist tightly, his chapped lips deathly pale from blood loss.

In a hoarse, barely audible voice, he managed, “Outside… archers in ambush… whoever goes out…dies.”

Hughie knew it all too well.

If even Waldo, with his formidable martial prowess, couldn’t evade the deadly hail of arrows, they could not possibly hope to survive

“But we can’t just sit here waiting to die! Your Highness, your wound must be treated immediately. Or else…you’ll someone pleaded arviously.

Hughie cut himself short, sprang to his feet, and bellowed, “All volunteers for the breakout, fall in!”

Some of the men were so gravely wounded they couldn’t even stand up for battle, while others tried to get up but simply didn’t have the strength.

Not only were they injured, but they’d also gone two days without food. Everyone was utterly exhausted.

Hughie’s heart ached at the thought. Leading his soldiers in a breakout now would be sending them straight to their doom.

But Waldo’s wound needed to be treated immediately.

One of the soldiers shouted, “His Highness got hurt protecting this woman. She should join the breakout with us!”

Another chimed in, “Damn right! We’d risk our lives for His Highness. As his woman, she must do the same!”

A third voice echoed, “Exactly! Make her charge out there with the rest of us!”

Every gaze in the camp locked onto Priscilla, making her the center of attention.

Finally, even Waldo, who had shut his eyes in pain, forced themyopen to look at Priscilla.

He didn’t want her to lay down her life for him, He couldn’t bear to lose her. Yet, somehow, he still wanted to shelf Priscilla was truly willing to die for

him.

Priscilla’s face flushed under Waldo’s gaze. She muttered, “You think… you really think I’m some coward who’s afraid to die? just just don’t want to be apart from you!”

Before this, Priscilla would have charged out without hesitation. But having just narrowly escaped death, she’d learned how deadly those bandits” arrows could be.

Her horse was riddled with arrows and died a gruesome death.

She thought, ‘I am not afraid of dying, but the pain berrifies me.’

“Waldo…” she whispered, her voice trembling

Waldo closed his eyes wearily, no longer looking at him, and said weakly but calmly, “There’s no need… for unnecessary sacrifice. His Majesty will send reinforcements.”

Chapter 158

But he was wounded after all, both in body and spirit.

Because of Priscilla, and because of his crushing defeat, his heart was

was now thattered beyond repair

“Waldo…” Priscilla whispered, her voice trembling with worry.

“Hughie, take Priscilla away and let her rest!” Waldo ordered, his voice strained. Right now, he couldn’t bear to hear her voice for anothe

Hughie pulled Priscilla away.

Priscilla didn’t dare make another sound, terrified they’d force her to lead the charge out there

She thought, ‘If I end up riddled with arrows, the pain would be excruciating