When Billy got hold of the divorce agreement, Charles, on the other side, suddenly felt a pain in his chest. The gradually intensifying heart-wrenching pain made him unable to resist clutching his chest tighter, finding it hard to breathe, yet the pain continued.
The same sensation had occurred once before when Selena left him, and Charles had a faint sense that something was amiss, but he didn't dare to guess. He knew he was late; the declaration of war must have reached Selena by now, so what was to come seemed inevitable. Still, he held onto a glimmer of hope.
He believed his beloved would understand him.
He had been speeding down the road toward the Red Moon pack, pushing the car to its limits, but unexpectedly encountered a huge obstacle ahead. Unable to swerve in time, he collided with the guardrail, deforming it entirely.
Charles's head was bleeding from the impact, and the car's airbags deployed just in time to save his neck from snapping.
