Micah remained silent, his lips pressed into a thin line. His usually handsome face was now shadowed with an unmistakable gloom. "Do you need me to..."

"No need." Before Pharaoh could finish, Micah cut him off sharply.

"Feelings only get in the way," Micah said firmly. "Especially for people like us. We're not suited for an ordinary life."

For others, starting a family, having a wife and kids was normal. But for them, it was not.

They had responsibilities to the Yaren Tribe, and their status made it impossible to lead a simple, personal life.

Above all, there was the memory of his mother. After she passed, his father had been lost for a long time, and though other women had come into his father's life, they were all reflections of his mother.

She had been the one sacrificed, and now, as the leader of the tribe, Micah knew he was destined to walk the same path as his father.

not split himself between the tribe and a family. If he had no wife, no children, then no one else would have to suffer the way his

cold eyes and understood everything. A heavy weight settled in Pharaoh's chest, a tightness

"If you find those

felt guilty for what Nina

to bear. No wonder Micah avoided relationships and marriage. It was all because of him. In that moment, Pharaoh felt like a criminal, guilty of the deepest

stunned. It was hard to believe,

but there was a sting of bitterness. Pharaoh did not respond. His heart ached as if it were being squeezed by an

was his lifelong

been consumed with thoughts of how to

himself

career and accomplishments, but because he was driven mad by the desire

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