Chapter 562 – Pets
She blinked. The lump in her throat surprised her. She hadn't expected to feel this… angry. Not at him. At the world he lived in. At the expectation.
"That's not fair," she muttered.
Lux smiled faintly. "You're cute when you sound like a mortal revolutionary."
"Lux."
"I know," he said, softer now. "It's not fair. But neither is Hell."
She frowned. "What if you wanted to walk away? I mean, really. Not just from your desk. But all of it. What would happen?"
"I don't know," he finally said. "I've never let myself think about it. Because every time I do, my system reminds me of the price tags."
He tilted his head toward her. "The Vaults would glitch. The contracts would destabilize. Half of Greed's sealed relics would unfreeze. And the realm's credit would crash."
She stared at him.
"You don't even have a way to rest, do you?" she asked.
