Chapter 816:

He had always seen Verruckt as cold, like a machine that lacked any trace of humanity. But when it came to Alice, something about him shifted. There was a strange possessiveness there.

“Mr. Shaw, if we don’t make it out of here alive tonight, then Alice—I—”

Before Jareth could finish, Verruckt cut him off. “We will win tonight.” Verruckt spoke with unwavering confidence.

“Even if, by some miracle, we lose, someone else will bring Alice back to the research institute.”

Jareth frowned, his confusion deepening. “But that place would be even more dangerous then.”

If Verruckt truly cared about her, he’d send her as far away as possible.

people. His blood-red eyes were ice-cold, sharp, and

trigger the lab’s self-destruct system. By

in his throat. “What…” His eyes widened in disbelief. Had

about Alice. But no—he was wrong. Verruckt was the kind of madman

slipping out before he could stop himself.

He shouldn’t have said

didn’t seem

Alice?” Verruckt replied, the word “like”

affection—it was something darker. He thought that it was just a possessive impulse

certain. I’ll keep

Jareth didn’t respond.

it himself. This warped possessiveness might actually be love—a love so twisted that it

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