Chapter 405: Hell has broken loose

"W-Why, Aether? Why?" Aria's voice trembled with anguish, her eyes overflowing with tears as she clung desperately to vision Aether's legs, refusing to let go, "I thought you loved me… Is this how you betray me?" Her sobs came in waves, wracking her body as she held him tighter as if letting go would mean losing him forever.

Real Aether was frozen in place, utterly flabbergasted, but it wasn't over.

"Why, Aether?... Why?..... Why?..... Why?....." Aqualina's voice quivered like a broken record, her expression shattered, like a doll that had been irreparably damaged. Her eyes were hollow, reflecting an abyss of betrayal and disbelief.

"I thought… I thought you were my one and only world." Delphine's voice cracked her tone a mixture of shock and sorrow, "Am I not good enough for you, Aether? After everything?" She looked at him as if the ground beneath her had vanished, leaving her in free fall, grasping at nothing.