"Chasel, don''t be afraid... I''m here."


    Cassius Ashbourne''s throat constricted painfully, making it hard to speak. "No matter the cost, I''ll get you out of here."


    "Cassius... I love you... Since we parted, I haven''t stopped loving you for a single second."


    Chasel Bright sobbed uncontrobly, his tears plummeting from the high altitude. "Do you know... I regret it so much. I regret not believing in your love... Why did I doubt you... Why did I listen to the instigations of a viin?"


    "It''s my fault... I don''t deserve your love. I should die!"


    "If I lose you, I can''t live on alone... So, Cassius... go, go now! You must survive no matter what!"


    Cassius curved his tear-soaked eyes and gently shook his head at him.


    He had never med him.


    He only hated himself for selfishly hiding his deepest secrets from the person he loved most. Even if it was out of good intentions, it had hurt him deeply.


    It was all his fault. He almost lost the best Dr. Bright in the world.


    From now on, he would never do it again.


    If there was a ''from now on.''


    "Ugh, this is disgusting. So sickening I want to throw up."


    "Honestly, you won''t be sad for long this time either, will you? Even if he dies, you''ll cry for a month or two, and then move on. It''s just a shame to waste Dr. Bright''s gorgeous body. Such a perfect stand-in is hard toe by."


    "I''m not a fucking stand-in! Shut your damn mouth!"


    Chasel struggled and writhed, screaming at Cassius. "Cassius! Don''t worry about me! Put a bullet in his head!"


    "Stubborn right to the very end."


    His thumb pressed the red button.


    The sound of rattling chains echoed out. Chasel suddenly felt himself suspended in mid-air before plummeting downward.


    The feeling of weightlessness made


    his stomach drop. All the color drained from his face as his feet


    ???


    kicked helplessly in the air, and a terrified scream tore from his throat.


    "No! Stop!" Cassius roared, his chest heaving as if his heart was about to explode.


    From such a height, even if he pushed himself to the absolute limit, there was no way he could catch him.


    A fall would mean instant death.


    Chasel''s fall came to an abrupt halt. He waspletely drenched in cold sweat, looking as if he had just been pulled from the ocean.


    Cassius''s towering figure swayed. As if his very soul had been drained away, he copsed to his knees with a heavy thud.


    "What... what do I have to do for you to let him go? Name your price."


    "Actually, Dr. Bright is just a pathetic victim for being your stand-in, just like my brother. I don''t really want to make things too hard for him. After all, you, Cassius, are the instigator, the real culprit here."


    The smirk vanished fromn''s malicious face, reced by a


    sudde


    sh of brutality in


    "Goute out one of your own eyes. Do it, and fill let him go." "content