Chapter 72

• Even he, proud and dominant as he was, could admit he needed help when it came to the girl. He had tried to resist, had tried to pull himself back from his obsession, but he failed every time. Aekira lingered in his thoughts like a shadow he couldn’t escape, and Vladya was male enough to acknowledge that his willpower alone wasn’t enough.
• No, he needed something stronger. A push. A reason to stop. And what better way to create that reason than to give his word?
• His word was his bond, after all. Once given, it was unbreakable.