Christina didn't feel any pain. She looked up.

It was Emond! He sprang forward and saved her from the falling stick!

He also tried to keep her from getting hurt by propping up his body with his arms, like a huge cover, to keep her under him.

Christina saw his legs kneeling on the fragments of the vase, which had been stained with red blood.

Then there was a bang and the young girl with the stick was kicked out.

The room was filled with her screams. She wailed in pain, and the next moment, under Emond's glare, she closed her mouth.

Emond picked up Christina on the floor and...