"So you're saying you've identified the prime suspect in this case. And right now he's preparing some kind of exorcism ritual in Lotus Park? We need to stop him?"
John looked at Ember with obvious suspicion. He could hardly imagine someone like Ember saying something like this. His first instinct was that Ember was lying. But when he pieced everything together, everything strangely made sense—even the secret that only he himself knew...
He couldn't help frowning before letting out a faint chuckle, though the humor never left his voice.
"Then why are you telling me all this, Ember? What do you want?"
Elle, standing off to the side, let out a quiet snort of disdain. Perhaps it was only an illusion, but she seemed even more ferocious than before. Her eyes had turned blood-red, and the fangs she could normally hide inside her mouth were now fully exposed. The malice in her gaze toward Adrian and Ember was impossible to conceal.
Ember paid her little mind.
