CHAPTER TWELVE

If one could describe walking on eggshells, all the person needed to describe was my situation.It was the perfect example of walking on eggshells. "I'm sorry, can we shift the dinner once again? I just have to really visit some places and—" "We could visit them together. Won't it be better for you to have a partner by your side while you visit all these places? It makes it more fun." Here I am standing in front of Alaric while trying to weigh my life and death situation in rejecting his offer. "I really don't think it would be fine for both of us to go; it is something I wish to do alone." This is Friday, right after work, when I promised to go out for dinner with the man in front of me, but that was until I found out he was the reason behind the death of my mother and the one who made me blind. How could someone be so cunning from such a young age? "Oh, but I really wish you could come today. It won't take time; it will be very quick." If I kept saying no, I would start to get