CHAPTER 39 Stalemate

　　Adam

　　I roamed through the halls and cells looking for Desiree, but I couldn't find her. I wondered where my father had her placed, and I began to panic. The fear in my heart was almost unbearable. I had never been this afraid before. I searched every nook and cranny in the moon dungeon but couldn't find her. It was midnight now, so I returned to my father's chamber.

　　I entered unannounced, and I hadn't hated him as much as I did at that moment. My entrance must have alerted him because he woke up.

　　"Father, please let her go," I pleaded with my father. He was still trying to wake up his senses, so he did not respond until seconds later.

　　"Can't you see I am trying to sleep, Adam?" he said to me.

　　"Please, father, let her go. I am begging you," I pleaded with him, and he shook his head.

　　"I thought you were off to rescue her?" he asked, and I looked away because he was taunting me.