Love Unspoken

A sudden surge of terror seized Soren, his fingers trembling uncontrollably, causing the pill he held to tumble onto the ground.

His fear heightened as he swiveled around to find a man looming behind him, his face an icy mask. The man's eyes bore into Soren, as though attempting to penetrate his very soul. "Why aren't you speaking?" Alexander asked.

Soren swallowed hard, darting a quick glance at Quinn before he stammered out, "She has a disease that makes her body cold."

"Is that a disease?"

"Yes," Soren confirmed, "but aside from the chill, Quinn also suffers from a severe uterine disease. If left untreated, it could prevent her from conceiving in the future."

He wasn't fabricating tales; this was the harsh reality. Quinn was plagued by multiple illnesses, but he had only disclosed the two least severe ones.

Alexander's voice still didn't reveal any of his emotions as he responded, "Is that so?" Yet, it was this very lack of emotion that sent chills down Soren's spine.

"Yes, Alexander," he asserted, "I am the most accomplished student my grandfather ever taught. Don't you believe me?"

moment of contemplation, Soren chose to remain silent, deciding to gauge the situation before

Quinn intensified upon learning of

being, Quinn seemed to have put the matter aside. She wouldn't instigate a confrontation, and with Alexander looking after her, she was in safer hands. Alexander's gaze swept over Soren's face before he turned

he departed, he instructed Soren, "Cook her

exhaled a

he was to play the

retrieved the fallen pill, dusted it off with his sleeve, and placed it back

discreetly swallowing the pill. Upon noticing the wound on her wrist, her heart fluttered in alarm. She found

she had threatened him by self-harming. This could explain his intense hatred for her, his decision to abandon her among dogs, his

assumptions were correct, his hatred was indeed justified, wasn't it? With these thoughts swirling in her mind, Quinn glanced towards the doorway. It was empty; Alexander had disappeared. He

conversation with Soren, he didn't know

been barren for several days, devoid of any food. And with Soren's

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