His voice dropped, becoming chillingly calm, the calm of absolute, unshakeable conviction. "This… caging her, as you call it… was the only mercy I could give her. I wiped the slate clean. I gave her a new life, a safe one, protected from the monsters of her past. Including the one in her own mind."
The confession seemed to unleash something darker in him. The protective love twisted, morphing into something possessive and maniacal. "And now, she's being threatened again. We still haven't found everyone responsible for that night. Letting her have this freedom… it was a mistake."
He stared down at Tang Fei's sleeping form, his expression one of terrifying devotion... "It was best when she was hidden. Safe within the mansion walls. Where I could watch over every breath she took. I never should have let her out. I never should have let this world touch her again."
