I Became the Villainess, But My Beast Husbands Can Hear My Mind?! Chapter 278: Between Fire and Compassion (2)

When the flas swallowed her whole body, Roxanna had already prepared herself for the worst.

She was ready to feel painful burns covering her skin. She had even prepared herself to imdiately use her healing ability on the baby inside her womb first before healing herself.

But when the fire touched her skin... nothing happened.

The flas brushed against her hair, her clothes, and her body, yet she felt no pain at all.

"What?" she whispered in confusion.

She quickly looked around at the fire surrounding her from every direction. The heat was still there. She could clearly feel how hot the flas were.

And yet sohow, she was perfectly fine.

Then her eyes slowly lowered toward her waist. There, hanging from her belt, was the feather Cyrus once gave her.

A faint golden light was glowing from it. The glow was weak, almost hard to notice in the middle of the fire, but Roxanna quickly realized that golden light was wrapping around her entire body.

’Roxanna, kill .’

Her eyes widened instantly.

She imdiately lifted her head toward the sky—toward Cyrus—because she swore she had just heard his voice inside her mind.

"Cyrus?" she called out uncertainly.

Unexpectedly, Cyrus’ voice appeared inside her mind once again. ’Yes. Roxanna, you have to kill . Shoot an arrow at .’

Roxanna frowned deeply, becoming even more confused. Was that really Cyrus speaking to her... or was it Falcoln pretending to be him?

Then the voice spoke again. ’The first ti we mated was inside the tent, together with Luan.’

’The second ti was when we did it with Zeir.’

’You couldn’t stop moan—’

"I BELIEVE YOU! I BELIEVE YOU!" Roxanna imdiately shouted, cutting him off before he could continue.

Her entire face turned completely red from embarrassnt. Out of all the possible things he could’ve used to prove his identity, why did he choose that?!

"But if you’re really Cyrus, then why are you asking to kill you?!" Roxanna shouted once she finally cald down enough to think clearly again. "That doesn’t make any sense! And I would never kill you!"

’But you have to,’ Cyrus replied softly.

His voice was calm and strangely gentle, even in the middle of the chaos around them.

’You have to trust .’

No matter how much Roxanna thought about it, she still couldn’t understand his request at all because it sounded completely insane.

Was he not thinking clearly right now?

Because even if Cyrus truly wanted to die, there was no way he would ask Roxanna to be the one to kill him.

Then his voice quietly spoke again inside her mind. ’I’m asking this because my heart belongs to you and your heart belongs to .’

Roxanna froze.

’Just this once,’ Cyrus continued softly, ’I want to die with compassion.’

For so reason, his voice sounded unbearably lonely.

’Death is painful,’ he whispered. ’But if I die by your hands, at least I’ll know I was loved by you until the end.’

His words sounded sweet and painfully sincere, but even then, they still weren’t enough to make Roxanna feel ready to shoot an arrow straight through his heart.

"I can’t, Cyrus..." she whispered shakily. "And why do you even want to die?" Tears filled her eyes again. "Why do you want to leave ?!"

’I won’t leave you,’ Cyrus replied softly inside her mind.

Even surrounded by fire and chaos, his voice still sounded strangely calm. ’Just trust . This is the only way I can protect our tribe, our ho, and our future.’

His voice beca gentler. ’So please... trust .’

Roxanna’s chest tightened painfully. Her mind was a complete ss and part of her thought his request was absolutely insane.

[How could he ask to kill him like this?] she thought in desperation.

But another part of her, for so reason, couldn’t stop believing that Cyrus would sohow survive in the end.

"You won’t leave ?" Roxanna finally asked quietly as she slowly picked up her bow and arrow.

The flas had nearly burned them earlier, but thankfully, the soft golden light surrounding her body was protecting them too.

’I won’t.’

Roxanna took a shaky breath before slowly pulling back the bowstring and her hands trembled badly.

"Will you co back to ?" she asked in a small voice that almost sounded like a child begging not to be abandoned.

And without hesitation, Cyrus answered, ’I will.’

Roxanna stared at the figure flying high above the burning battlefield.

The fire crackled around her loudly, smoke filling the air until it beca difficult to breathe, but at that mont, all she could see was Cyrus.

Her fingers trembled around the bow. She had aid arrows at birds—her enemies—before, but never at soone she loved.

Never at Cyrus.

"Roxanna!"

Luan’s voice sounded distant behind her, but she could barely hear it anymore.

Her entire world felt strangely quiet, and only Cyrus’ voice remained inside her mind.

’Trust .’

Roxanna bit her lips so hard they almost bled. Then slowly, she raised the bow toward the sky.

Far above her, Cyrus stopped moving for a brief mont. The eagle beastn around him seed confused by his sudden stillness, but Cyrus didn’t dodge anymore.

Instead, he simply looked down at her, and even from that distance, Roxanna sohow felt like the bird was smiling at her.

Tears blurred her vision instantly. "Please, co back to ," Roxanna whispered shakily. "I love you, Cyrus."

For a brief mont, everything seed to go silent.

The fire, the screaming, and the sounds of battle—none of it mattered anymore.

In Roxanna’s eyes, only Cyrus mattered. Monts later, she finally released the arrow.

Tak!

The arrow shot through the burning sky, glowing faintly gold as it flew straight toward him.

The eagle beastn imdiately realized what was happening.

Falcoln, who was watching from afar, shouted, "DON’T LET HIM DIE YET!"

Several eagle beastn rushed toward Cyrus at once, trying to block the attack, but it was already too late.

The arrow pierced straight through Cyrus’ chest.

"CYRUS!" Luan shouted in horror because he hadn’t expected Roxanna to actually shoot him like that.