Chapter 38 Where It All Began: Ii

• JEROME DAWSON's POV
• Luna suddenly placed her palm above my hand. Despite the cold temperature coming from the breezing air of the air conditioner, Luna's hands seemed to be much cooler than that.
• "But if I simply follow what they tell me to do, then what difference does it make from having no future?" I questioned her even though I knew that she might have difficulties with finding comforting words to say. "I don't want to be someone's pawn, Luna. I want to set a future for myself, I don't want to dance through their strings."