Chapter 9 Plead

• ~Alfred~
• It has been days after my encounter with Desmond, and it seems the whole universe is plotting against me. Not only did I lose a rare gem because of my idiocy, but the very person who took her away from me is threatening to soil the image which I had worked so hard to build by exposing the secret I buried beyond the earth.
• Desmond's face felt familiar, but the memory remained out of reach, taunting me the most.