Kapitel 703: Zoey's death

August 5, 2020 - Zoey's Death

"Pray that we won't be living in the same timeline, my old friend. I will be your karma." Her eyes never left his. Although her vision got even more blurry, Zoey could see his figure running towards her, but to no avail. 

*BANG!*

The bullet passed through her temples. An instant death consumed her as her body collapsed down on the concrete ground.

"Zia!" Inigo yelled, trying to catch her figure, but failed. Upon reaching her lifeless body, Inigo ran his hair back in distress, pacing back and forth.

"I -- shit!" He choked, unable to articulate his thoughts. "I was just… joking! Ah! Sh*t…!"

Inigo squatted down, rubbing his palms against his face. When he took his hands away from his face, his eyes glinted bitterly.

He didn't mean it. All he had said, he didn't mean it. He was just trying to humor her, just like how acted when his last lover died.

So why…