Dallas gritted his teeth, grimacing at Lydia's threat.
She had known he would certainly need her help and it was why she was exploiting it to the fullest.
Lydia knew at to play her game perfectly well. And, unfortunately, he had gotten involved with her. He had been part of her life hence subjecting the people he loved to a life of misery.
People like Ember.
Ember was the only person in his life at the moment that he genuinely loved. And, Lydia, the woman he had never dreamt of crossing part with again had planned to ruin that.
He wanted to escape this time loop, but returning to the witch coven he had left? Vanity upon vanity.
The witch coven members had always treated him unfairly but, he couldn't revisit those memories of when he was still part of the coven.
He made the decision eighty years ago and never pictured a day like this. A day in which he would be considering a return back to the coven.