Chapter 143

　　Louisa's POV 　　Lucas' cold voice floated in the air. 　　I saw thousands of snowflakes swirling in the cold north wind in his eyes. 　　At that very moment, I realized that he wasn't the one that I'd been waiting for all these years. 　　"Lucas," I said in a low, quiet voice, "Do you want me to accept your rejection?" 　　"No," he said decisively. "I want you to stay with me and love me unconditionally." 　　I looked at him. 　　Slow as the winter snow, the tears drifted from my eyes. 　　I took off the Ring from my neck and put it aside, so he could feel what kind of pain I was going through. 　　"Even though it hurts me like this?" I wept silently, feeling a thousand knives stabbing into my chest. 　　Lucas sighed, picked up the Ring, and put it back on my neck. 　　He took a long pause and said, "I've changed my mind. I won't sell the warlock to his deadbeat uncle, so he won't be taken to the slave market. Since I'm done with him, he'll be reassigned a post as your personal guard, and I won't lay a h