273 Accepting a Tough Decision

"No…"

Only one word managed to escape Maura's lips. Her eyes were torn as to what they wanted to see, Jack's unconscious body beside a resting Bowzer or the corpses of Daliea and Keela.

"Big Bro?" Lina finally noticed that something was wrong when Jack wasn't waking up. "What's wrong…"

The young girl's tunnel vision was shattered as she looked up to see Eliza in her bloodied dress. "Big Sis Eliza… What happened?"

"Lina… I'm sorry." Eliza pulled the girl into a hug, letting her tears fall onto Lina's shoulder.

Looking over Eliza, Lina noticed a man she didn't recognize sitting next to Rydel, who was also wearing clothes covered in dry blood. Lina then looked down behind Eliza, recognizing the lifeless bodies of her two other "sisters".

"Big… Sis…" The little girl had no hope of holding back tears. Her eyes instantly puffed up and filled with water. "Big Sis… What happened?"

"I'm sorry, Little Lina… I'm sorry…"