Iclyn's gaze was a mixture of shock and disdain, her eyes narrowed as she watched Xylon with a mix of horror and disbelief.
To her, he seemed almost monstrous in his desperation, his actions bordering on obsessive.
Sylvan, meanwhile, took a step back. feeling an unspoken tension in the air as he watched the scene unfold.
"Eva," Xylon growled, his voice low and twisted with obsession, "you will not leave me. I won't allow it. Even if your soul tries to escape, I'll hunt it down and drag it back to me."
His hands gripped her face, almost painfully, as he continued, his voice filled with a manic desperation.
"You are mine, Eva, now and forever. I don't care if I have to shatter everything on my way to keep you by my side. Wake up!"
He pressed his forehead against hers, his breath hot and uneven. "I'll bind you to me in ways you can't even imagine. You'll never be free of me, not in life, not in death.."