CHAPTER 240 - The Real Culprit.

(Flashback Continuation.)

Darkness still clung to the air, thick and suffocating, as Varacius sat frozen, his mind racing to make sense of everything.

Alex had him at a disadvantage, and he knew it. 

Parcelia—his Parcelia—was in danger, and the bastard in front of him was holding all the cards.

Yet, what came next was not at all what he expected.

Alex's smile had never wavered, his sword still embedded in Varacius's thigh, blood pooling beneath him. Then, with that same unsettling calmness, he had spoken.

"What I want is simple. All I need from you, Varacius, is a single word. Just say 'yes' to the next question I ask."

Varacius blinked. "What?"

His mind reeled. '... say yes?' 

What the hell did that mean? What was Alex scheming?

His instincts had screamed at him that something was very, very wrong.

Poor guy... If only he had listened to his instincts.