"... this was definitely worth it... Hahahaha..."
Cass openly mocked Ember as he entered the gate and disappeared from the estate.
No one tried to stop him as Ember stood quietly with grave expressions on her face.
She was irritated with herself, not with his insults or taunting. She was frustrated that it took a man like Cass to remind her of how low her dignity had sunk.
Her first reaction when hearing the name of Night Walkers wasn't that of anger or rage but worry. She was suddenly ready to lose the key to her to regain her powers! How pathetic was that?
She was The Ember of Destruction!
And yet she had fallen so low.
Cass, even though an absolute eyesore, had managed to shake her.
Having reached a decision, Ember finally looked up from the ground with a resolute heart.
'I can't lose that child. I can't let him die before I get what I need!'
