Chapter 406 Crimson Kiss (3)

(Desmond POV)

How did this happen? Why? Who? Those questions keep repeating in my head over and over again. I knew the answer, but that only fueled my anger, hatred, My darkness.

I have never been a good man. I wasn't even before the awakening; It was something I came to accept. Leaving aside the death of my parents, this time of chaos and violence was a better fit for me; deep down, I always knew that I had to stop running from the ghosts of the past and accept my own evil.

I wasn't a good man… But I still had my own pride, my code, lines I wasn't about to cross unless indispensable. Beyond that, I had lines I wouldn't let anyone cross, something I'd protect with my life, my own reverse scale.

Claire, Sasha, Kyuru; those three girls were my reverse scales, something that should never be touched or defiled. I am proud that I have always fulfilled my role as their protector, or I always did... But today, I have failed.