Chapter 192 – The Seer [3]
"…but I could be your friend, one who will stand with you even when the whole world turns you down," Kaden said, pouring every drop of sincerity he could muster into his voice, and his words struck Vaela like a divine thunderbolt in the heart of a storm.
'A friend… with me, even if the whole world turned me down?' Vaela's mind stuttered, her expression going blank as countless thoughts began swirling inside her erratically, colliding like shards of glass.
What Kaden said was beautiful—too beautiful, even. But that was exactly the problem… it was too beautiful for this hideous world.
That's why…
…was there really such a thing as a friend like that? Or was this child mocking her for her ignorance?
Vaela couldn't help but wonder as her neon gaze sharpened, glaring at Kaden with such intensity that his body instinctively took half a step back, because at that moment her eyes looked nothing short of demonic.
