Skyler slumped back into the chair, his expression blank, staring into thin air. The ordinary-looking book lay open before him. He was drowning, his mind churning over the brutal reality of his death in the book.
What aggrieved him more was that even Charles, his dear friend, had a bigger role than him in Max and his team's story.
So he was feeling down. The emotion he was experiencing was akin to the sting of knowing that his friend, who said he didn't study, had gotten better marks than him.
Skyler sighed and composed himself.
Still, he could not help but read the part where Charles came into the story again.
"A villain, huh? So, Charles would have turned into a villain if I hadn't met him."
Suddenly, he came to a standstill, his eyes widening as he recalled the messages he had seen the higher being send Zack.
"Wait, why did the higher being known as Keeper of Time call Charles a villain?"
