Chapter 303: The Truth of the Past, The Guardian's Duty

The chilling silence in the room was a stark contrast to the maelstrom of fury raging within Winston Lapwood. He looked at Kathryn, her face pale, her eyes clouded with a fear that was a decade old, a phantom that had haunted her for a third of her life. The glacier of his rage, once directed solely at Li Zhetian, now softened at its edges, a protective warmth emanating from its core, reserved only for her. He sat on the edge of the bed, taking her cold hands in his. They were trembling slightly....