Chapter 851 – Are You Working For Him?
The word didn't carry humor.
Not really.
It settled somewhere deeper than that, somewhere quiet, where logic and instinct blurred together into something colder, sharper… more dangerous.
Because insanity, in his case, wasn't chaos.
It was calculation pushed too far.
It was knowing the risks, and stepping forward anyway.
Lux's gaze lingered on Corvus for a second longer, then shifted past him, unfocused, already thinking three moves ahead, ten outcomes branching silently in the back of his mind.
"And that," he added under his breath, almost lazily, "is what makes me, me."
He didn't need validation.
Didn't need agreement.
Footsteps came.
Not quiet.
Not cautious.
Not hesitant.
Just steps.
Each one landing like it belonged exactly where it was.
Lux didn't move at first.
Didn't react immediately.
But inside?
His thoughts slowed.
Sharpened.
Because he knew that presence.
Before she even entered.
Before the door fully opened.
