Chapter 253

"It's not our fault that somebody wants your life." The leader brandished his knife. He intended to kill me. Stevie mustered all its strength and lunged forward. What evil thoughts could a dog have? It only knew that it had to protect me. I let out a shout as my head throbbed. It felt as if it were about to explode. Suddenly, a scene flashed through my mind. A barely alive puppy had just been born, and its stray mother had been killed by some children throwing stones at it. The mother dog had just been scavenging for scraps to feed its puppies, despite its weary body. Yet, those children seemed to find pleasure in cruelty, relentlessly pelting the dog with stones. From birth, humans were predisposed to good and evil. Some could control their evil desires and become good, while others abandoned their good side and became slaves to their evil side. Those children didn't think they were wrong. It was the primitive cruelty of humans that spurred their actions. They enjoyed tormen