บท 194: A Girl (Ch.194)

"Elle...it is not that I do not want to take you, it is that I cannot." Dante revealed.

"You cannot?"Elle repeated slowly, unsure that she fully understood Dante's meaning.

"Why is that? You are a dragon." Elle said in bafflement.

Dante pursed his lips, his expression revealing a little hesitation before he finally spoke.

"After... that.." Dante began, pausing briefly.

Estelle furrowed her brows slightly, she knew what Dante meant by 'that'. The only thing he would be so reluctant to speak of was the severing.

"I haven't been able to take dragon form." Dante finally completed.

"What?!" Estelle exclaimed with wide eyes.

Dante frowned at Estelle's reaction and Estelle was quick to adjust her expression.

"What does that mean?" Estelle asked in a lower tone, still shocked by Dante's revelation.

"I do not remember much of it, truly. Only that moment when I felt the bond breaking... like a part of me was being ripped out."