Ansel's Gift - Six (II)
After their encounter, Ansel's ambivalent behavior—seemingly abandoning her yet needing her, desiring to tame her—planted a wistful, illusory hope in Ravenna's heart that 'Ansel cared for me'.
But at the peak of this notion, after a night of shared confessions following their departure from Ziegler Manor, Ansel cruelly exposed the irreparable rift between them.
The ephemeral illusion of closeness, yet distance, transformed into an undeniable reality of downfall.
Beneath this vast disparity, coupled with the information disclosed by Marlina and the peculiar nature of Ravenna's soul, no matter how rational, intelligent, or steadfast this c c petite and aloof scholar was, she would inevitably plunge into utter chaos.
According to Ansel's current plan and pace… Ravenna's downfall was merely a matter of time.
Unless this was precisely what fate desired—to replay the events that unfolded with Seraphina.