I need someone to help me

~CODY~

"A life for a life?" I gasped, my eyes widening in shock. Kao had lied to me, telling me that if I changed Rain’s destiny, I wouldn’t have to worry about anything else except suffering. But it was all a lie. He had lied to me while aiming for my life.

"That is…" I tried to deny its possibility, but Rain only laughed. "There is no way I can…" Before I could finish, I coughed again, struggling to breathe as I held my chest. My vision turned hazy, barely making out Rain’s calculated steps toward me on the marble floor.

Crouching before me, Rain stretched his hand toward my face. "You think you’re all that, believing the word of someone from the in-between! You think you can escape me, right?" he taunted.

When my vision cleared, Rain’s face had a menacing glare. "You must be so stupid to think that was Kao!" he laughed.

"The person I saw in the between was not Kao?" I asked, sounding shocked.

Rain laughed hysterically, his finger tracing down from my forehead to my chin. "You must