chapter216

  "Please, Lenora, for the sake of our child, listen to me this once." I begged. Most times I admire her stubbornness, but this time, I need her to listen to me, even if it's just this one time. "You just said he's the mightiest, so what makes you think he won't find me wherever I go?" "But we can try, rather than have you here in the first place he'll reach." "No, Alaric, I won't be leaving you. I've been away from you for so long, and I can't stay away any longer." "I'm sorry, but if Anselm will come for us, I won't let him take away my happiness, regardless of him being your flesh and blood," she added. I searched for the sarcasm in her face, but found none. My eyes scanned through her face, waiting for her to burst out in laughter and say she was kidding, but nothing happened; rather, her face was as fierce as it could be. She can't be serious, can she? "Lenora, you can't be serious." "I've never been more serious in my entire life, Alaric," she said, her hands balling into a fist