Chapter 568 – The Resemblance
He sighed. "Just wake her. Help her, Lullaby. If the hairpin shatters and the link's lost, then so be it. I'm not risking her soul for a backdoor into a bastard's spine."
Eros looked over, brows lifted. "Seriously? You're not going to use her?" he was shocked.
Lux glanced at him. "My Greed brain says yeah. But no. Not this time."
"Why?"
Lux didn't answer right away. He stepped back, folded his arms, and stared at Azithra like she was something more than a body lying still. "Because if I choose logic every time, I'll end up like him."
Eros teared up, just slightly, but enough that it cracked the carefully polished smirk he always wore like a shield. His lips parted, voice low and unsteady. "Thank you, Lux. Seriously." He looked down, then back again. "I thought you were gonna use this. Leverage, position, guilt… whatever. I thought…" His breath hitched. "I thought you'd become just like him."
