The moment the words left his mouth, his eyes widened as something clicked inside his mind.
For years, he had remembered those words, but he had never truly understood their meaning.
Now, hearing himself repeat them, he suddenly realized there was something else attached to them.
Maybe it was because of Stella but the understanding had eluded him all these years.
Stella noticed the change in his expression. "Finish up," she urged.
Lucas drew in a deep breath. "She said darkness would never swallow the earth, and then she told me to protect you at all times."
Now that he thought about it, he realized he had been missing a particular detail all this time.
He suddenly grabbed Stella's hand, his expression becoming anxious. "What is going on? I seem to have forgotten this. And about the portrait…what is going on?"
This time, there was no denying that something was wrong with the portrait.
