Chapter 244: The Stronger One
Annalise couldn’t reject his proposal this time almost immediately even though she wasn’t really planning on accepting it. She just got slightly lost when he mentioned about the upcoming battles that she was supposed to face.
This wasn’t the first time she had heard something like this. There had been times and certain people in the past who had said the same thing as casually as if it was already set in stars.
"Why do you think I’ll be facing any sort of battle?" She couldn’t help herself from asking as she watched him closely, still trying to assess his expressions despite failing in them continuously from the very beginning.
Esme watched her return and the look in his eyes almost made it appear like he was impressed with her question but not in a good way, almost like he couldn’t believe she would ask such a stupid question.
"Are you still not aware of your destiny? I know that you still haven’t found out about real identity or exactly what sort of fate the stars have created for you... but I think it’s been pretty obvious from the beginning that you can no longer get away from the mission that you have started. There’s no going back for you, Annalise."
This was the very first time he had used her name but it almost felt like he wasn’t talking to her but someone else at that very moment, as if despite looking at her, his gaze was fixed on someone else.
Annalise took in a deep breath, realizing that he was talking about their current investigation and its fight. "Do you think... are all the bad things happening around our world related to each other?" She suddenly asked a question that probably neither of them was expecting.
"What do you mean?" Esme asked and it seemed like he was asking about what she wanted to know from him instead of what her question implied.
"I mean... is the same person behind all the bad things happening around our world?" Annalise asked her question, this time modifying it slightly to make the meaning clear.