Chapter 141: Not You, Ava...

~Emerald~

My eyes flicker with confusion as I looked at Ava, who was still staring at me. Her innocent-looking face has become dark, ready to eat someone alive.

“If you're not working with Gideon, then to whom?” I asked again, voice full of authority. However, Ava just laughed at me as if she doesn’t care at all.

“I wouldn’t tell you, and why would I?” Ava answered in her smirking face.

I crossed my arms, one brow raised. After James marked me, it seems like something has improved from me. I felt bolder than before.

‘You can feel the change because the two of you accepted each other. Some portion of James' ability was given to you and that's part of the marking,’ Lilian answered me, so I nodded my head in agreement.

“You're obliged to answer me because you're in our territory. Remember, you're alone in here,” I uttered to her, but she just laughed.

“Who told you that I'm alone?” Ava asked, and my brows were furrowed because of what she said.

“What do you mean?” I muttered.

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