Chapter 17

"The others... they knew about it am I right?"

Hindi kumibo si Kareem at nanatiling seryoso ang tinging ipinukol sa kapatid niya. Hindi niya ito maaaring busogin ng kahit anumang detalye tungkol sakanya dahil kilala niya ito, mas pipiliin nitong traydorin siya kesa ang tumalikod sa pinuno nila.

But he's different.

Hindi niya kailanman magiging desisyon ang pagsunod sa utos ng kanilang pinuno kung alam niyang hindi ito para sakanya.

He doesn't want to be a puppet of their race anymore.

"Brother! Come to your senses! It's not your fault that you accidentally entered her dream. No— it's not even our fault that we were born as dryads!" He gritted his teeth. "She will still accept you, everyone will still accept you. You belong to us," he firmly said.

"You don't understand," he murmured. His eyes fixed on the house where Alessandra is and smiled a little bit.

"You will never understan