How long had they been fighting?... An hour, maybe more?... It didn't matter though.
What mattered was that they had been fighting for quite some time and it didn't seem like the battle would end anytime soon.
As they fought tooth and nail against the monsters that attacked from all angles, attempting to feast on them, Max, Laura, and Cedric all wondered the same thing.
How exactly did we get into this situation?
For Max, he desired to free Lara from her bondage. He couldn't bare to see her suffering in a relationship of convenience and with a chance to free her, he grabbed it without hesitation.
Of course, there was no chance of Elena going back on her word as she had already signed a contract with Lloyd.
If it was any other person, she might have had the mind to cheat them, but against someone that could very well shut down the economy of the Empire, there was no way Elena would take such a risk.
And for Cedric, it was a case of trying to escape from those he called family.
