"This is your last chance to choose. Do you want to become my follower?" Aaron looked at her and chuckled. "You have thirty seconds to think it over.
Agree, and I can save him. Consider it an advance payment of your reward.
Refuse, and time will resume. Your beloved will have at most five seconds before his neck is snapped."
Hearing that, Bellatrix looked at Edward with anguish in her eyes.
At that moment, he was looking at her with an apologetic gaze. She understood that look. It was guilt and self-reproach for failing to protect her.
"What should I do?" Bellatrix muttered in a daze.
"You have twenty seconds left."
Bellatrix suddenly thought of something and quickly picked up a relatively sharp stone from the snow.
She drove it through her arm, and crimson blood flowed down it.
"What are you..." Aaron raised a brow in surprise, then glanced back at the three vampires, seeming to understand. "Are you really that unwilling to become my follower?"
"I don't want to become a god, and I can't bear that responsibility.
But for him, I can give it a try." Bellatrix took a deep breath. "If this can save him, then forgive me for refusing your favor. If it can't save him, I agree to become your follower, but you must guarantee Edward's safety."
"Deal."
Aaron snapped his fingers, and time resumed.
The scent of blood instantly drew Riley and Victoria's attention. They both looked toward Bellatrix and instinctively stopped what they were doing.
Seizing the opportunity, Edward forcefully swung his arms and broke free from them.
He first threw Victoria away, then spun and hurled Riley in another direction.
Before Riley could get up, Seth, the werewolf who had just regained consciousness, pounced on him and bit down on his