1082 Blazing

"This doesn't have to be the end if you don't want it to be." Leonel suddenly said. "You also don't have to rebuild everything from scratch."

Augustus' gaze narrowed. "What do you mean by this?"

"Well, that would depend on how much your daughter hates me and how much you value that hatred." Leonel responded with another hypothetical. 

Augustus' frown deepened, but he didn't immediately look toward his daughter. He knew well that his daughter's feelings for her late fiancée weren't fake. And, he knew his daughter's temperament well. Bending wasn't something she took too kindly to. Even if she bent now, there was a good chance she would snap back in the future. 

However, before he could think anymore, Heira suddenly spoke. 

"Rie and Syl. Where are they?"