Chapter 225


    “What’s in your mind, my darling student? I don’t believe it… Am I dreaming? You’re in my hands once


    more… Oh, Linda… My dear Linda…“


    Gary looked down at me, pressing his cheek against mine, looking at me like a man who was


    obsessed.


    Even in this situation, all I could think about was Dicken. I was no different from a poor lemming on the


    edge of a cliff.


    Suddenly, I heard some noises as killing intent surged out in my direction. Before Gary could turn to


    look, a pair of pale hands seized him by the back of his head, the fingers almost poking into his eyes.


    The veins of the hands shed with a dangerous blue light as if conducting electricity, making the pale


    skin appear even more translucent. There was indeed the buzzing of electric currents, passing from


    Dicken’s hand, which was in contact with Gary’s body.


    I watched in shock as Gary wildly spasmed as if electrified, and he soon turned limp. Dicken held him


    up from the back, turning Gary towards himself as he leveled that unfamiliar face of his at a dazed


    Gary. He then growled in the familiar voice I knew, “Where are the blue crystals you gathered from the


    ocean’s depths? Tell me their specific location.“


    “It’s on a helicopter heading towards Hiroshima. It will reach the port in three days.“


    Gary’s eyes could not focus at all as he looked nkly at Dicken, his body still twitching. He clearly had


    no idea what he was saying, and merely told Dicken what he wanted to know as ordered.


    I understood why Dicken did everything he did then, but the truth was no relief at all. I could feel


    frustration and misery filling my chest, and my throat felt as if it had been burned by pepper powder


    with a fiery sting.


    “Is this your perfect n, Dicken?“


    I resisted the burning pain, staring coldly at the unfamiliar face, and gave him an ironic smile. “You


    used me as bait so that you could control him from behind? What a perfect n.“


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    “Linda, he’s trained and highly resistant. I can only control him when he lets his guard down. I didn’t tell


    you because I was afraid you would let something slip.“


    Dicken grabbed Gary by the cor, picked him up with rtive ease, and threw him against the wall.


    After that, he found the keys and walked up to uncuff me.


    However, the instant my wrist was just freed, I grabbed Dicken by the cor and pulled off his shades to


    look into his eyes. I wanted to know the heart hidden inside his body, and I needed confirmation.


    He lowered his eyes then, hiding the emotions churning within. “I would never have let him touch you,


    Linda.“


    He seized my wrist, kissed me like he always did, and slurped his tongue over the marks left by the


    cuffs. Yet, his actions left me indescribably resistant. Like an erupting fuse, it had ignited the emotions


    that had been welling in me after returning with Dicken.


    I promptly pped his hand away and snapped, “Tell me the truth, Dicken. Did you knock me out so


    that I was left alone and couldn’t risk myself, or was it in your calctions all along to have mee to


    you after I woke up? That way, you could control Gray and get the information you wanted.”


    Having said my piece, I inhaled sharply and backed away a little, leaning on the wall as I waited for his


    answer.


    God knows how much I wish it were not the letter. I had been endlessly used all my life as if I was born


    in some deep conspiracy, and I had enough of all sorts of schemes. I had been betrayed endlessly, first


    by my teacher, and then by my friend…It was to the point that lies had be habitual.


    There were times when I recalled those whom I trusted, and I felt that they were all dancers in a


    masquerade ball. I couldn’t tell the truth from the lies, and I felt they were all scheming behind my back


    even as they waved candies in my face and offered me charming words.


    Right now, I didn’t even want to make new friends of offer any sentiment. I was going to keep my


    distance from everyone, even my mates on the seeker.


    Even so, Dicken had utterly enraptured me. It did not matter if I no longerpletely trusted everyone


    else. He was myst harbor. But, said harbor was now vague and uncertain—barely standing against


    the wind. If Dicken used me…


    Immense unease enveloped me. It was like a cliff right before me, and I would be left in pieces if I took


    a single step forward.


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