Chapter 974: Oh, youth. What a nice thing to have.
"I have to settle this. Only when I do that can I move forward."
A thin layer of tears coated Ivy’s eyes, gazing down at the hand that was holding hers. She held his hand back, swallowing down the tension in her throat as she looked up at him.
"Then I’d wait," she forced out her voice. "I mean, I wouldn’t wait. I’d do what we initially planned. I will move forward — slowly, like a turtle. Then you will catch up. Didn’t you say you ran fast?"
Hearing her remarks, Tiger almost choked on his own breath. He could only stare at her, cupping her face and brushing her cheek with his thumb.
"I might die," he whispered helplessly, almost hearing her heart sink. "I plan to."
"What?"
"Dragon and Dimitri’s death will not quench my anger. I’ll start with them, but I won’t just stop there," he explained with great difficulty. "Those two might be our enemy right now, but there were still people out there who would jump on us at a moment’s notice."
Tiger paused as he drew a deep breath, rocking his head mildly. "I’ll kill all of them, one by one, until the entire underground is wiped out." Basically, the Reapers’ enemies were over fifty percent of the people in the underground.
Even if the Reapers didn’t do anything against most of them, they saw all members of the Reapers as a threat. Logically, everyone believed to take away the remaining authority Hera had in her hands, all her trusted people should die.
If Heaven ended up in a vegetative state, Tiger and the remaining members of the Reapers that weren’t under Dragon’s behest would go all out. Not just to settle scores, but to give her children the safety sought for them. Although Dominic talked sense into them, telling them they were just as precious members of her family, it was the least they could do.
To protect those she tried to protect, and also those they wanted to protect.