The Water God shuddered instinctively, her gaze turning involuntarily toward Bai Qinchen, who held the God of Light in his arms,
a faint, elusive smile lingering at the corners of his mouth.
The God of Light keenly caught the flash of fear in the Water God's eyes, but her smile only grew sweeter. She asked softly, "My dear Water God sister, do you understand what I mean now?"
The God of Light paused, savoring the sight of the Water God's beautiful face turning deathly pale, before languidly posing the most fatal question of all. "If... it truly became necessary, could you, like them, personally kill
"your husband, the God of Fire?"
The Water God abruptly stiffened, her breathing stopping completely at that moment.
Kill the God of Fire?
The principal god who had been her husband for countless years, who had upheld the Divine Realm's order alongside her?
Before she could recover from that icy shock, an even stronger fear instantly
seized her heart.
She was afraid.
She was afraid of the consequences of answering no.
If she said no, would this man before her, this man who had just given her pleasure and left her utterly intoxicated,
leave her because of it? Just as he had threatened before?
The mere thought of that heart-rending emptiness descending on her again-and this time forever-made the Water God feel as though an invisible hand had clenched her heart so tightly that she could not breathe from the pain.
Because of that pain, her body went limp. The struggle and terror in her eyes gradually faded, replaced
by an obsession and madness that burned every bridge behind her.
She knew she had no way back.
From the moment she had succumbed to his attacks, there had been none.
The Water God did not