He turned and began to walk away, probably to prepare for the horrifying thing he was going to do with her and her child. His figure flickered slightly with every step like a shadow, making him look like a demon who had crawled from hell in Aeris's eyes only to take away her child.
Aeris stared after him, frozen in dread, as her body began to tremble with something deeper than fear.
She knew only death awaited her if she kept waiting here without doing anything.
Aeris's heart pounded harder. His voice still echoed in her ears, twisted with madness and something darker she couldn't name. He had said he wasn't her brother and that she had fulfilled her purpose. That the child inside her would take her life.
Everything about him felt wrong. He didn't look like Kazran anymore. He looked like a monster hiding behind a familiar face—something unrecognizable, cruel, and terrifying.
