Chapter 227 Ache

• The ache in my chest only grew with every step she took. I clawed at the spot, ignoring everything that told me to drag her home. Her words bounced around in my head, but I knew better than to fall for it. I should, and yet, with every word that falls from her lip, she casts a spell on me. I could feel myself falling under the influence, getting drunk off the words that dripped from her like honey.
• I can read her like an open book, or could. I’ve known Adealine for lifetimes and none of them made me question her as much as this one did. I knew what she would do because she did the same thing in each one. I could almost see the strings attached to her head and limbs. The Goddess played everyone and we had no choice but to move according to her will.
• In this life, Adealine had already surprised me more times than I would like to count. It made me nervous. She made me nervous. Things in this life were different. It was as if I was engineered to believe her. No matter how much I told myself I hated her, no matter how hard I tried to push her in this life, it was always so much easier just to follow her. Even with knowing her compass always lead her to him, I was like a solider off to battle, ready to sacrifice myself with a single order.