Chapter 46: Rule #46: Power is Always Dangerous.

Beatrice.

"Garrison asked me. Asked me if I trusted you. I told him I shouldn't. But I did. I didn't really know why I trusted you. But I think I know why." My change of subject stunned Geun into silence, his brow knit into confusion. I reached out and rubbed the lines away with my fingers as I took in his face.

"And why is that?

"I think I've known it's always been you, that it was going to be you. I think I thought it should be. It felt wrong seeing how the first time I saw you, you were holding a gun to my father's head. But even then, you were someone who was giving me a chance to escape. I think that's when I started to care for you."

"You fell in love with me while I held a gun to your father's head?" Geun laughed.