Chapter 5

Silence engulfed the wall.

Everyone was frozen in shock at the savage cruelty of this "game."

Joseph couldn't stop shaking.

This moment felt so familiar.

Trading one life for another, just to survive. Wasn't that the same cruel choice he had forced Isabelle to make back then?

No... That was not right.

He did it for the greater good and for those who mattered most.

But this monster... she was just playing with people's lives.

Someone on the wall couldn't help but yell, "Monster! You're a monster!"

Far away, the Golden-Eyed Queen seemed to catch the shout.

She tilted her…