Chapter 640
"Wait, what?!" Grey shouted in shock at the answer Alba gave him.
"Did I stutter?" Alba asked sarcastically as she glared straight at Grey. "My answer is no. I refuse to take part in this madness you are trying to drag us into."
"But why?!" Grey snapped as he slammed his fists on the table, shooting up from his seat in frustration.
"What exactly did you expect?" Alba fired back as she rose too, leaning slightly forward. "You thought that emotional speech of yours would lure me into tossing myself and the people I consider family into enemy territory and potential death? And all for a stranger whose identity I do not even know because he chooses to hide his damn face behind a mask.
I'm not stupid."
The table went completely silent for a few seconds. Every pair of eyes flicked cautiously between both figures, wondering whether Alba would explode further or if Grey would push back even harder.
