章節 454: One Last Time

"Adeline, I heard the banshee's cry." The whisper pierced through Adeline's sleep and woke her up in an instant.

Adeline gasped sharply and her lashes batted open in terror. She was unsure if she was dreaming or if Theodore had whispered to her for real.

She glanced at Theodore to see that he was looking back at her. She felt a sting in her heart upon seeing him awake. Because it could only mean that she had indeed heard Theodore giving her the warning that she wished she never heard.

Even in the dim flickering light from the lantern, she could tell that he was serious. However, Adeline was still in denial. She furrowed and kept on giving a pleading look to Theodore as if she was asking him to say that he didn't mean what he said.

But Theodore had spoken but the truth.