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He shook his head immediately.
“I can’t let you go to Brighton. That journey is for Raphael and Vino to make,” he said, and I shook my head.
“You need to be tactful with these things. Brighton hates the north, and they see you as a menace; the last thing you need is to send northern elites there. They won’t cooperate, and they won’t be receptive. But people like Kara, Eloise and me will be well received because they might feel we have something in common. We had both suffered the northern brutality even though we are to be married soon; it wouldn’t matter,” I said, and he shook his head.
“I can’t let you or your friends go there,” he said, and I got
angry.
“Can’t or won’t, Darius?” I asked, and he refused to answer.
“I thought you said we weren’t prisoners here anymore,” I said, and he was slightly annoyed.
“Don’t put it like that, Zora,” he said.
“I won’t let you go to a part of the west close to the south. You will be close to Elbert’s region and Caseynardo,” he said, sounding possessive, and I realised his fear, so I stood up and went to him.
“If it weren’t for your tradition and the necessity of the blue
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moon for the claim to be complete, Darius, I would have asked you to claim me right now,” I said and placed my head against his chest.
“I can never go back to Casey, and there isn’t anything between Elbert and me. Please, Darius. I promise I will return. I just want you to succeed. That is why I am doing this,” I said, pleading with him, and he lifted my chin and searched my
eyes.
“I love you, Darius. I can’t run away from you,” I said, and I could see the difficulty in his eyes. He was trying to figure out what to do.
“You know I am telling the truth. We are the only ones that the people of Brighton would receive and open up to. We need to solve this matter before it gets out of hand. We can’t wait until the culprit does something that will be unstoppable,” I told him, and he held me to his chest and squeezed me.
“I will let you do this,” he said with difficulty, “but please come back home to me, Zora. I do not know why Elbert is after you, but Brighton shares a border with Elbert. You have to promise you will return no matter what. You have to promise that you won’t run away. You have to promise you won’t decide to let me go out of fear that we are not fated. You have to promise to come back to me. If you don’t, I will go crazy and burn the world, Zora. If you do not come home, I will become the monster people believe me to be because you would have left with my soul. Promise me you will return to me.” He said; I wrapped my arms around him and held on tightly, tears streaming down my face.
I had no intention of running away, but with what he said, I had to ensure that I returned.
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“I cannot imagine a life without you, Darius. I promise I won’t run away. I chose to love you, I chose to be with you, and I hope to spend the rest of my life with you. Nothing will change that. I won’t get to where Elbert is, and once we get the information we need, we will return. To be safe, I promise not to spend more than three days in Brighton because we would question the pack members too. Whether we get answers or not, we will return on the third day,” I assured him, and he kissed my forehead.
“Secret guards will accompany you to protect you,” he said, and I thanked him.
It was necessary to know what happened with Brighton to solve this case, and we were the only ones we could trust to do a thorough job.
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