Chapter 163 Once A Snake Always A Snake

• I leaned forward, my pulse quickening. “What else did you see? Did you hear anything else?”
• She nodded, hesitantly, her fingers twisting the hem of her sleeve. “Yes… There’s more.” Her voice dropped further, her words coming out in a rush as though she couldn’t bear to hold them in any longer. “That blond man—the one who set the barrier—there was something wrong with him. His body… it was twitching, shaking like he couldn’t control it. His hand would twist in these unnatural ways, and Luke noticed, too. He asked the man about it.”
• Her voice became the quivering tone of the blond man’s. *‘The host of this body often tries to fight me, to take back control. But it’ll pass soon.’* She took a breath, her expression haunted. “Luke didn’t seem bothered by this. He just asked him, *‘Why don’t you conclude him? End it.’*”