Summer Thorne had no idea what was happening inside that unfamiliar car in the parking lot.
She couldn't see Timothy York's uncontrollably trembling hands. She couldn't see him gripping his own hand with all his might. And she certainly couldn't see the crimson, sinister look in his eyes—
A long time passed in the empty, desolate parking lot before a car horn blared abruptly.
No one noticed.
And no one heard the muffled, agonizing, beast-like roar that came from the darkness—
「...」
The next day, Summer Thorne was at the airport early once again.
She was supposed to be heading to Rivenhall again.
But just before boarding, she canceled her ticket and changed her destination to Ronceval.
As the weather grew warmer, Xavier Lockwood had left Sudor and found himself a place on a scenic little mountaintop in Ronceval. Every day, he would open his door to look out at Prospect Peak and open his window to see the clouds, continuing his life of leisure.
