Chapter 522 – Empty eyes
He didn't know why.
He didn't know why he had made such a decision, and he didn't know why everything inside of him was screaming at him to just kill Elijah and be done with it.
It wouldn't be difficult. Oh no, not at all. If he wished, Elijah's soul would die a million times from a single touch.
'Then why am I risking this?'
Because it was a risk. A real one.
Noah couldn't deny the truth behind Elijah's words. And maybe that was exactly why. Maybe because those words held enough truth that his own ego couldn't accept them easily without lashing out.
Pride was sinister like that.
He had no choice but to admit it…he had felt insecure, for a fleeting moment. The feeling was as brief as a flash of light, yet to Noah it felt as though he had been carrying it for thousands of years.
So he asked himself,
'Does Justicia truly love me? Or does she only think she loves me because it was the only way forward left to her?'
He couldn't answer. He didn't know.
