Chapter 19

Celeste shook her head. “I won’t, I don’t believe them, I’d never believe something so absurd, and you’re right, this pain is fitting for a bastard like him.” She covered his hands over the bars with hers. “I’ll get you out of here and we’ll reunite right after…”

She rose to her feet, eyes not once meeting Zillon who was still groaning on the floor. “If you don’t mind, I’d like to go back to prison since it isn’t a room anymore.”

Liam nodded. “So this is how you’ll play? But then again, you’ll be the one to feel pain in the end and I wish by then, Zillon will ignore your pain too.”

He gripped her arm tightly, dragging her away from the cell. “Zillon? Can you walk?”

Zillon nodded. “Yes, but I’d like to speak with my brother before coming back up, go back without me.”

Liam nodded with a straight face, hauling Celeste past Zillon who was just a step away from Xavier’s cell.

Zillon waited until they’ve disappeared up ahead before creeping towards his