Bab 116: Decree

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CHAPTER 116

"No. Do not involve anyone. I would do it myself. You relax."

"But I would like to be of assistance this time around."

"Jade, in as much as I love your bravery and spirit, I implore you to not get involved. Things are going to be riskier this time around."

"I was born for risk," Jade argued with him.

"I love that but I was born to protect you," Arctic retorted.

"You cannot do this to me. Not now. I am not a child anymore. Father kept that message for me. Me, Arctic, so that I can be cautioned and still carry on after him."

"No, so that you can be well off. For you to lead a normal life safe from harm so that you would not have to go through what he did."

"All that went down the drain the day they were taken from me. He must have known that. He must have known that I can never sit around waiting for a man to marry me and lead a princess-free life."