EVERYTHING! I want to tell him, but I keep my mouth shut. "You catch me, now what?"
He steps closer and grabs my arm firmly. "You will learn to obey my orders!"
Just like what he did with Lyrica, huh? I get it now. He is part of the reason why she did all those things. He succeeded in the novel, right? He was able to completely own her. And once he's done with her, he abandoned her and moved on to Eliana. Another snake. Why did the Princess of Fate author even use him as the male lead?
And so, being careful, I gulp before responding. "You cannot mold me in the way you want, Cornelius."
"Let's see about that," he says before pulling me back to his chamber.
We walk back in silence. All I can hear is his ragged breathing next to mine — as if he is struggling too — with what exactly? I am the one who should be agonizing by now!
