CHAPTER 629. RED PROMISE: AFTER SO MUCH TIME…

Silent. Stunned. His heart hung by a thread, threatening to snap and shatter into pieces on the ground. It was strange how, after so much time, after a decade of forgetting her (because hatred had been far too generous a sentiment for her), the news of Ainara Jáuregui’s impending death could have such an effect on him.

“Excuse me…? What do you mean dying?” he whispered hoarsely. The hospital director motioned for him to step aside.

“The young woman