When Cole's arm wrapped around her waist, Zoe exerted all her strength, her eyes turning red as she roared, "Get away!"

But this was just her perception; despite her exerting all her strength to roar, the sound she actually produced was so faint that even she herself found it barely audible.

Cole stood right next to her, yet his voice seemed distant. Zoe felt like she was in a trance, everything she saw and heard felt unreal, as if she were trapped in a dream.

Over the past two years, she had experienced countless nightmares, many worse and more terrifying than this one.

At that moment, she desperately wished that...