’If Asher will stop at nothing to get what he wants, then what is all this resistance? Just a futile struggle?’
’Kenneth Yates must have kept this from because he didn’t want to drag into it. But this involves both of us. Isn’t it too cruel for him to bear it all alone?’
Sumr Lancaster didn’t know how she’d left Eleanor Grant’s room. By the ti she ca to her senses, she was already in an empty hallway. A sudden fear of the silent, deserted space washed over her, and she quickened her pace toward her own room.
Sumr Lancaster felt a persistent sensation of being watched from behind, but when she turned to look, there was nothing. She shook her head. ’I must be too sensitive.’ Yet, the mont she faced forward again, everything went pitch-black. Panicked, she steadied herself against the wall. ’The lights went out,’ she realized with a jolt. ’I’m not blind.’
Trembling, Sumr Lancaster continued forward, relying on instinct to guide her toward her room. But the hallway seed to stretch on forever, and no matter how far she walked, she never seed to get any closer.
A cold breeze brushed past her from behind. Sumr Lancaster whirled around to see a pair of blood-red eyes staring back at her.
"Aaaah—!"
Sumr Lancaster collapsed. When Kenneth Yates rushed over at the sound of her scream, everything had returned to a state of calm. The only things left on the floor were a few gleaming silver hairs.
"Damn it!" Kenneth Yates snatched the hairs from the floor and furiously punched the wall. Blood imdiately trickled down his knuckles. He had been following Sumr Lancaster the whole ti, but soone had used that brief mont of darkness to whisk her away.
When Sumr Lancaster awoke, she found herself on a black bed. All the surrounding furniture was also black, giving off a demonic aura. She got up, pulled aside the curtains, and gazed out at a sight she had never seen before. She was at the summit of a mountain. Looking down, she could see no bottom, and the view, wreathed in mist, struck fear into her heart.
Suddenly, the door creaked open, and a man with silver hair walked in. He wore the sa dangerous smile, the sa scornful expression.
"Not surprised? It seems you already figured it out." Asher didn’t co closer to Sumr Lancaster. Instead, he leaned against the doorfra, as far away from her as he could be.
Sumr Lancaster turned to face Asher and sat on the bed, trying to appear unfazed. "Yes, I know. But that doesn’t an you can do whatever you want." She did her best to conceal her anxiety, but her hands trembled uncontrollably.
Asher laughed and began to walk toward Sumr Lancaster. "You are in my hands now. Do you really think I can’t do whatever I want?"
"He will co for ! He definitely will!" The conviction in Sumr Lancaster’s eyes unsettled Asher. He despised that look on humans, that expression of absolute faith as if they could never betray anyone. In the end, it all just ended up buried with them. ’Everyone betrays,’ he thought. ’Including .’
"We’ll see if he loves you more, or if he loves his Heart’s Desire more. I don’t believe in this worldly love. One day, he’ll leave you, and I will be right here, quietly watching as you destroy each other." Asher moved to the window, gazing out at the ethereal, wonderland-like view.
"You’re wrong. He loves , and I trust him. The Heart’s Desire, and everything else—he did it all for . So how can you even question whether he loves or the Heart’s Desire? The Heart’s Desire represents our love. I believe you’re inherently good. You’ve just let ambition blind you to what’s real in this world." Sumr Lancaster stood up, her voice firm as she rebutted his claims.
Asher spun around and violently raised his hand.
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