"Can you please stop asking, Sir Ares?" Baby Zetty's voice sounded choked up.
Jay stood up tremblingly. There was an inexplicably unbearable feeling in his heart. It was a kind of anxiety and irritability that could not be erased even after quite some time.
"Okay. I'll not push you for an answer. Once you're willing to open up to me, just let me know, alright?" Jay’s tone was no longer aggressive. On the contrary, i t carried a sense of gentle tolerance and understanding.
Baby Zetty nodded at him.
Standing in front of Baby Zetty, Jay looked at her face carefully for the first time.
Despite her long and white hair, her old face could not conceal her once beautiful and flawless features from when she was younger. Then, he noticed Angeline's shadow on her face.
Jay's heart started throbbing violently.
He finally understood why she had been so against him calling her 'grandma' when they first met.
Baby Zetty curled up into a ball, too terrified to look at him. She was akin to a helpless child.
"I'll take Mr. Boye's ashes for you. You and Gale should leave Sacred Land." Jay kept having a feeling that the danger ahead was too risky and uncertain. How could he be willing to let her drag her aged body along as they made the long and difficult journey?
Baby Zetty staggeringly stood up and protested. "All of you won't be able to get out of Sacred Land without m e."
Zayne also felt that Jay’s decision was too reckless. He stood up and objected, saying, "She's right. If Granny Winter hadn't been with us on this journey, we would've died several times by now. Sir Ares, we can't live without Granny Winter. This decision of yours will kill all of us."
Jay only wanted to protect Baby Zetty. Seeing her enduring such a long and arduous journey, coupled with Baby Zetty's humbleness in not daring to confront him about her matters, Jay felt nothing but heartache.
Her body as well as her soul were suffering a pain that no one else could understand.
How could Jay still only care about his own safety? He just wanted to send Baby Zetty to a safer place at all costs.
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