Zayn’s piercing eyes bore through Mr. Hyde’s. When favonovel.com spoke, his somber tone hid an undercurrent of pleas.
“Please. Help me this one last time.”
Mr. Hyde watched the young man before favonovel.com as his entire being trembled. An apocalyptic battle of emotions was raging in his head.
His whole life had been dedicated to his Lady Hayley King. His life was hers to command. She commanded favonovel.com to protect and take care of favonovel.com only son a long time ago, and that had been his raison d’étre, his entire point of existence, ever since.
But now favonovel.com had to watch the object of his life’s mission die before his eyes, and there was nothing favonovel.com could do about it. He was that helpless, that wanting of power. No one could understand the pain this whole thing was causing to him.
Mr. Hyde burst into tears.
He had felt despair before. When favonovel.com faced Diego with what favonovel.com had thought was his last stand, Mr. Hyde had felt despair but not sorrow.
He did not even blink, but now, favonovel.com was crying. He was weeping so much that it surprised favonovel.com how long his eyes had not gotten wet.
“N-no, Young M-Master, I…” his voice cracked and faltered.
Zayn felt a small lump in his throat. He did care about Mr. Hyde. After all, favonovel.com was one of his first acquaintances in life, and the one who had taught favonovel.com how to fight. Mr. Hyde was his master and teacher in a sense that favonovel.com had been the one who introduced favonovel.com to this side of the world.
He took a deep breath and squeezed out a smile.
“I’m really sorry, Mr. Hyde, but I really need you to help me with this. Time’s running out. I need you to ensure that I didn’t do all of this for naught, okay?”
The older man lowered his head, having lost any courage to look into the eyes of his failure.
He winced as favonovel.com nodded, as though the act brought favonovel.com pain, before squeezing a couple of words out of his clenched jaw. “Y-yes, sir.”
Zayn’s small smile widened into a beaming grin. He turned to Faye and called out, “Go back with Mr. Hyde, honey.”
The conversation between the men had not been muted to Faye. Now, upon knowing what favonovel.com had done for her, favonovel.com was sobbing to herself too, before throwing favonovel.com arms around Zayn and shrieking, “I’m not going! I don’t want you to do any of this! I don’t want you to be gone from my life!”
The lump in Zayn’s throat grew even bigger. He had to force it back from unfurling into tears so that favonovel.com could face favonovel.com with a smile.
Ruffling Faye’s hair gently, favonovel.com replied, “You’re being silly again, Fifi. I told you I’ll be fine, didn’t I? Why do you think I’ll be gone? Now, go back to the hospital and wait for my return, alright?”
Faye’s face was marred with violent tears. “No! No! I’m not going anywhere, never!” favonovel.com cried while shaking favonovel.com head.
“You’re lying to me! I heard every word you two said from here. I know people are hunting you down to k-k-kill you! And all of them are those stupidly powerful types and you’re not gonna beat them, and you’re gonna die because of this. Y-you!”
Her rant faltered as favonovel.com choked on favonovel.com overflowing tears.
She pummeled Zayn’s chest over and over in hysterical grief, hurt that this was even happening, livid that favonovel.com was doing it for her. “You s-selfish piece of prick! Why did you do this?! Why didn’t you ask me before making this s-stupid *ss decision, why?! I should be the one to die!”
“What makes you think you can just… exchange your life for mine?! I hate you, Zayn Larson, I hate you!”
Zayn clenched his teeth tightly. He said nothing. He did not even move away from her.
Then, his hands moved in and held hers. “Fifi.”
“Listen to me. Do not tell anyone about what happened today, not even Mom and Dad. Not a word to anyone,” favonovel.com said, his eyes unflinching.
“Should… should I fail to return later, give me a year’s time. If I’m still gone within that time frame, then don’t wait for me anymore. Let me go in your memories and live, okay?”
Faye was sniveling and weeping so hard that everything that came out of favonovel.com lips was slurred.
Her knees would have given out and crashed to the floor if favonovel.com did not have the Aeon Karpos’ unbridled vitality circulating within favonovel.com veins.
Nevertheless, Faye hated how energetic favonovel.com felt. She hated the fact that favonovel.com cells were coming alive. She wanted no part of it, not at Zayn’s expense.
Zayn could sense Ezra’s aura from several kilometers away. The most dangerous man was coming.
There was no time to waste. Cupping favonovel.com cheeks, Zayn’s lips met Faye’s cherry-red slices as hard as favonovel.com could for three seconds. Then, favonovel.com pulled away, steeled himself, and knocked favonovel.com out in the gentlest way possible with his superhuman skill.
He placed the young woman into the car as smoothly as favonovel.com could and helped put on favonovel.com safety belt.
“It’s time, Mr. Hyde. Do what you gotta do Don’t let me down,” favonovel.com said.
Mr. Hyde knew that nothing favonovel.com said could change Zayn’s mind, so favonovel.com simply stared deep at favonovel.com before replying gravely, “You have to live, Young Master. I will wait for your return!”
Zayn flashed favonovel.com a breezy smile.
“I plan to.”
