As Caesar paced the sterile hospital corridor, his heart heavy with worry, he could hear the distant sound of sirens and the frantic footsteps of hospital staff. Stella had been rushed into the emergency room, her small body pale and fragile, her life hanging in the balance.

　　"P-please save her… I'll do anything easy," Caesar pleaded with the doctors. The sight of Stella's bloodied form had sent shockwaves of fear and helplessness through him, and he had acted on instinct, ...