Chapter 193: Never!
"I’d never be ashamed to call myself your little sister!" she decreed, voice trembling, passionate, and so intense it could’ve melted steel.
"NEVER! Not even if you became a villain!"
She leaned further in, pressing her forehead against his, letting the girl stare into his eyes from less than an inch away as she declared:
"I’ll always be proud to call myself your little sister! Don’t you EVER dare assume otherwise! Even if the whole world turns against you, I’ll still be here. Just say the word and I’ll kill them all!"
Alice wasn’t finished. Her voice grew fevered, eyes blazing with fanaticism. "Awakened humans, monsters, criminals, citizens, fathers and mothers, children—"
Kaiden sighed and raised a hand, gently placing a finger against her lips.
"I got it, Alice."
The little sister went stock-still instantly upon his actions. Her heart skipped. Her eyes shimmered.
’He silenced me... just like that...’
Internally, she squealed hard enough to rupture a dimension. Only her big brother could tell her to shut up and somehow make her adore him even more for it.
Alice let out a long, happy sigh and lowered her head to his chest, cheek pressed softly against his chest to dreamily examine the rise and fall of his breathing.
Her own breathing, once erratic and obsessed, calmed. For the first time since Kaiden’s arrival, she simply... rested. But soon, she spoke up with a low, fragile whisper. "... The reason I didn’t run to you right away was because... I thought seeing me might make you sad."