Chapter 561 – No One's Chaining Me to The Desk
Lux nodded. "I will."
"Today."
"I said I will."
Eros took a breath. Walked back over to the coffin. Rested both palms gently against the glass.
"…She's still dreaming," he whispered. "I can feel it. I can feel her, Lux. But I can't reach her. Not with words. Not with touch. Not even with all this…"
He gestured at the flowers, the pearls, the vials. All of it.
"She needs something stronger. And I'm not that anymore."
Lux stepped beside him. Looked down at the woman resting like a frozen star in that glass box.
"She trusted herself to survive," he said. "So now we trust ourselves to reach her."
Eros didn't answer right away.
But then he gave a slow nod.
And for once?
He didn't joke.
Lux turned to Ely.
"Ready to go?"
She startled. "Me?"
"Yes," Lux said, already adjusting the cuff of his shirt like this was just another day. "We need to return home. Or… I need to drop by somewhere first before we go back."
