Those words… Did he mean it? He… I feel a soft warmth rise where my heart should be. It's increasing—rapidly. So fast I can barely breathe. It's hot… too hot. But in his arms, I feel… loved.
Love.
Love is the key to the last sin… That's what she meant. But how?
What did the other part of her words mean? Does Seong-hoon remind her of the Creator… or did she also love the Seong-hoon of her time?
But right now… I have more important matters to take care of. Him. And her. One is looking at me with love. The other—with killing intent.
And my heart… it's rebuilding. Slowly. Vines flow out from the blazing core in my chest. I can feel them wrapping around me, threading through flesh and soul, almost like a cocoon—forming from both inside… and out.
"I can feel again..." I whisper into his ear, my voice barely a breath against his skin.
