Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 2014

Chapter 2014: Truly Evil

Elara winced from the window. This was much less entertaining than she thought it was going to be. She hadn't even managed to take a third handful of popcorn, because by then it was obvious that those two were very serious about killing each other.

She looked up to the skies to find that Sylas was still standing there. There was a flicker in her eyes and then she shook her head. She closed the curtains and left the window.

On the ground below, Sylas' parents and Cassarae's stood in silence. They, too, had stopped finding this funny quite a while ago. But there was little that they could say.

They didn't know anything about Nosphaleen, the latter hadn't made many appearances around them. Compared to their daughter and the one they had seen as a daughter-in-law practically all their lives, it was obvious who their hearts were leaning toward.

But they still couldn't help but find the situation to be sad.

They could tell that Sylas' lack of action was a choice. But it wasn't all that evident whether it was a choice for Nosphaleen's sake or if it was one for Cassarae.

Not saving Nosphaleen seemed to be for Cassarae, but it was also a nod to Nosphaleen's own resolve. Maybe Nosphaleen had known exactly how this would end before it even began, but she had still chosen to do exactly

this.

Isolde looked up and couldn't help but get teary eyed. There was nothing you could see from Sylas' expression, but as a mother she could tell. She could tell that there was something off about his current state.

Cassarae's breathing was even. She looked up, her sword still lodged in Nosphaleen's chest as though she desired to make certain that it had struck true.

She met Sylas' eyes, her own gaze flickering when she realized he showed no signs of moving at all.

Part of her had been convinced that he would. Of course he would.

Then he would say something about how Nosphaleen was a valuable asset he had spent quite a lot of time and resources on.

But he didn't do that.

Cassarae frowned.

Sylas met her gaze with the same calm he usually had. There truly wasn't anything she could read from his expression, but she could feel it. He wasn't happy.

It wasn't an unhappiness he would take out on her. Sylas was logical, often sometimes to a fault. He knew Nosphaleen had come here of her own volition, he knew that Cassarae didn't seek this out, he knew that Nosphaleen had come here with the conviction to die.

Maybe it was something that caught him off guard, sure. One moment, he was sitting in tranquility, and in the next moment he was watching two women battle to the death for him.

But that didn't change the truth of it.

If it changed anything, it was just a realization of just how much Nosphaleen had been holding back for so very long.

To Sylas, this was sudden. But to Nosphaleen, it had been brewing for a very long while. And maybe she realized that nothing would change if she didn't do something.

If not now, then when? Hadn't Sylas already promised a grand wedding upon Earth's ascension to the Demi-God Realm? And now he already stood atop the Mortal Realm. There probably didn't exist a single soul here that could truly threaten him.

That matter was set in stone already. So when would she act?

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