m yesterday's event. She quickly got out of bed, her body barely stea

oice made Valerie immediately loo

ened, tried to ask, though her words came out stammerin

e same room with the stranger whose proposal

firmly again, but Valerie

cold, piercing gaze, but his expression so

ne, please take me back to the m

clasping Valerie's hand; the girl gazed

A raven never le

! You're a human! I

t ended badly. Now she was experiencing it herself, but she c

ut at the very least, she had to try to escape from

ran towards the nearest door and grabbed th

n against the door as R

tight and she was breathing heavily with fear. Rovano then took h

back hit the door. Instantly, the girl's eyes flew open, and Rovan

never open, no matter how long you try. You're

girl was both startled and f

rap tightly around her. They locked eyes; Valerie felt her chest rising and falling rap

ng at it with all her might, trying to open it but to no avail;

eath, then made her look like a complete

ause Valerie was so panicked that she hadn't realised the door clearly ne

sat limply on the floor, unable

ression, trying to figure out

ed softly. "I haven't been out of the mansi

ovano repli

other door at the far end of t

at him in disbelief,

, unable to believe that she had not on

lly left th

d further away. What was she supposed to do now? How could she

y high walls blocking my way," Valerie mut

urned towards the balcony door; she was panicked at first, but a

whipping against her body and hair. Valerie stared in disbelief at what she

ea? Are we by the seaside?

staring at the girl impassively and w

the small balcony, feasting her eyes on everything within

nt to walk there, but the distance turned out

sappointed, but a sense of

tanding behind her, arms folded across his chest,

d now. Yet just a moment ago she'd

controllably, but now she was jumping for joy like a

of him as if she'd won the lottery, even

a moment, wondering why Rovano ha

cold-hearted man, who didn't s

med to deepen as he frowned in

erie, the girl gazing gently at Rovano; though she

merely stared at Valerie, his

to see the real sea, the people, and the life that exists in this world. A

once?" This time, Rovano was

school at home, only seeing the outside world through the television screen and the int

quite cruel-they didn't need to lock the girl away to such

ano, so softly that Val

a walk along the beach?" aske

rl wasn't thinking straight, even though

m and then threw her body onto the b

e to play with you?!"