Chapter 66: I AM IN PAIN
"I have to let you go if you act out again." Cane cherished the woman before him, but their objectives were completely different.
He couldn’t risk having her creating an internal conflict at will with the power he gave her. She was smart, but he didn’t appreciate her using it to drift the people apart.
Cane had noticed her jealousy, but he didn’t do anything about it because that was not something important to him.
However, after realizing how she could influence a mass of people to take her side and how smoothly she made people sway to her tune, he knew she could be troublesome for him one day if he didn’t stop her immediately.
Even though he didn’t want it to be like this, he needed to let her go if she didn’t listen to him going forward. He had a grand plan in his mind and he needed to get rid of any disturbance and if she turned out to be one of them, he didn’t have any other choice.
Aria staggered when she heard what Cane said, especially when she knew how serious he was with every warning that he delivered. "Wh- what do you mean you want to let me go?" A tear escaped her eyes, her vision was blurry while her heart ached so badly.
"I want you to stand down, Aria," Cane said firmly. "Enjoy your life, you are no longer a slave now. Buy clothes that you want and also jewelry, go to places that you want to visit. Live your life." Cane approached her and caressed her head. "Don’t turn into a monster that you are not."
Aria was stunned when Cane touched her gently. The way he caressed her head showed how much he cared for her, but not in the way Aria was thinking or wanted him to.
"That’s the only way for me to repay what you have done for me in the past, since I can’t give myself to you, because there is nothing left of me." Cane put down his hand and looked at her, exhausted. "There are already so many monsters out there, I don’t want you to be one of them."
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The flowers kept coming even after two weeks of Iris being unconscious. Grace and Ardand, the former head healer, had done everything within their power. Even after they got her the rarest herbs, she was still unconscious.