Aurora collapsed on the ground, overwhelmed by the sudden force. Her head was pounding and she cupped her red, hot cheeks with her hands. "What...what did you do? Why did you slap me?" she asked, stunned.

Yerick looked down upon her, his towering figure dark and frightening in the night. "Are you taking me as your hitman, ordering me around as you like?"

It was enough that she ordered him to kill another. How dare she ask him to kill Rosalie?! She was digging her grave!

"I didn't mean that," Aurora said agitatedly. "I'm just so scared! We're on the same boat, so we should help each other out."

"Help each other out?" Yerick crouched down and pinched her chin. "Tell me, then. What have you helped me with so far? Why do you think I arranged for you to be by Theodore's side and allowed you to get to know him? What do you think is my motive?"

"I...I don't know!" Aurora said with trembling lips. The man before her was way too frightening, his eyes ghostly as he chuckled. "But I'll do whatever you ask me to."

"What if I told you to kill Theodore? Will you do that?" Yerick asked.

"No, I can't," Aurora said agitatedly. "I can't kill Theo! I love him, I can't kill him!"

him that much? All of you

up, facing the glowing

clothes he could wear and food he could eat, with his parents by his side. He even had a childhood sweetheart and a

and gritted

the heavens were so unfair, he shouldn't be faulted for

you...do you hate him for having

strangled her, his eyes bloodshot. "So I want to

Yerick's arm and tried to push him away,

when she thought she was going to die, Yerick finally released her. Aurora collapsed on the ground, sputtering and coughing, taking in big gulps of air. She retreated a few steps back in

darkly. "I won't let you die. Next up, I have a very important mission for you. You'll surely be willing

Aurora asked, her voice

sprinkled cumin on it, the fragrance spread in the air around them. He was a dark and frightening man, yet his attention was on

"Do

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