Chapter 83
The wind stirred gently through the trees as Feng Jiao Xue and Mo Tianze walked in comfortable silence. The night was calm, the faint rustling of leaves above them blending with the distant chirping of nocturnal creatures. It was the kind of night where secrets felt safer to share, and for once, Feng Jiao Xue decided to do just that.
"Tianze," she called softly, glancing at the young demi-beast walking beside her. His golden eyes flickered toward her, shimmering in the moonlight.
"Hm?"
She hesitated for only a moment before unclasping her hand. A faint glow flickered at her fingertips, and a small, unassuming ring materialized between them. "There’s something I should show you."
She had been thinking about it for a while now.
At first, she had planned to leave Mo Tianze under her grandfather’s care when she leaves this place hoping that with their distance, he would not feel so attach to her and become more independent under a safe environment. Where he can grow into himself without her influence, without the slave mentality but it seems she has underestimated Mo Tianze.
To her, leaving those that will only be hurt in her journey seems logical, rational. As an assassin, she never let herself get attached because she knew the risk. That’s why leaving Yin Xiao behind had been her first decision and realizing it now, so was her first reaction to Mo Tianze because she thought that by doing so, she was doing what was best for them.
But... merging with ’Feng Jiao Xue’ the incarnation of her in this world gave her a different perspective.
Rationally, she would be doing what is best for them, putting them where they would be safer, away from danger.
This was what Lou Xi and her used to do to the things precious to them, hide them away from danger in their hidden home.
But,