I apologize for deceiving you back then.
I know it was despicable, and I once wanted to confess everything to you. I hesitated several times, but... but when I realized I couldn't continue being so despicable, you had already stumbled clumsily yet restrainedly into my heart.
This time, it was by no means an illusion created by fear. It was a real emotion striking the soul, even rekindling the courage in my once resigned self, to resist the shame and conquest that Lady Yvette always wanted to impose on me.
She...
She's a terrifying woman in every aspect, Mark, you must promise me!
Once the lady makes excessive demands of you at the cost of my freedom, you must refuse her without hesitation. I've seen many warriors as steadfast as you being cruelly tamed by Lady Yvette, bit by bit, until they become loyal dogs at her feet.
I don't want you to suffer the same tragedy."
