Midnight had come.

Kokei crossed the parlor and stopped a few steps from Alexandra, staring her down with ardent eyes that spoke more than thousand words. "What's your choice, then?"

Alexandra hesitated.

"If I come with you, will you let me change whatever I wish?"

"Anything you want," Kokei answered. Then he added with irony, "Preferably nothing too mushy like giving a happy ending to Romeo and Juliet."

Alexandra felt her lips spreading in a wide grin. "What are we waiting for?"