Before Melody was recognized by the clan, before she stepped into her mission, her destiny was that she couldn’t die.
Because destiny has the power to protect Melody, the ability to foresee and sense the cries for help from the twin butterflies... Like this incident in Y Country, Neal Galan could sense the danger Melody was in, could feel the distress signal from the twin butterflies... But he could not!
Moreover, before the entanglement between Melody and destiny was resolved, the premature death of destiny would be detrimental to Melody...
Adrian Davies held Melody Parker in his arms, whispering with firm eyes, "Melody, I will take you back to the Butterfly Clan to break the ties between you and Neal Galan!"
In this life, he only wanted her to be bound to him; she was his.
Yes, previously he might not have wanted Melody to return to such a complicated family, not wanting her to be involved in family disputes.
But now, he eagerly wanted to take his woman to find the Butterfly Clan.
Although he had the confidence to keep Melody far away from that damned destiny, Neal Galan.
He still cared, damn it, he cared about the fact that Neal Galan was Melody’s destiny.
In this world, if there were a bond with Melody, it could only be him, Adrian Davies, no one else!
Adrian Davies held the woman in his arms, his eyes as dark as ink, gazing intently at the beautiful, lifelike double butterfly mark on Melody Parker’s back shoulder blade.
He was still wondering why he wasn’t Melody’s destiny yet could touch her, pondering what exactly had caused this beautiful deviation.
Adrian thought for a long time and finally came up with a possibility, a reason he could touch Melody though not being her destiny.
He thought it was likely all because of that bullet!
Originally in Fland, before Melody was injured, he clearly couldn’t touch her.
But afterward, he could, and now he could touch her a second time.
He remembered clearly everything that happened when that bullet entered the butterfly mark.
The terrifying wound; the butterfly mark that seemed lifeless and incomplete; the bullet that could not be extracted and the miraculous self-healing ability...
Thinking of this, Adrian suddenly thought of something.
He gently released the woman, got out of bed, dressed, and went to the balcony outside.
Adrian stood tall like a pine on the balcony, feeling the night breeze, as he made a phone call.
The call was quickly connected, "So late, is there something you need, Adrian?"
Tannis knew Adrian had returned to River City and naturally knew it was late at night there.
Hearing Tannis’s voice, Adrian didn’t waste words, directly asking, "Tannis, you know about the Butterfly Clan, don’t you?"
Tannis paused but didn’t respond.
Adrian took out a cigarette, lit it, took a drag, and exhaled white smoke as he said decisively, "You know Melody’s background, and the medicine you used twice to treat her was probably prepared for the Eldest Princess of the Butterfly Clan. Only such medicine could cure Melody."
After saying this, Adrian gave Tannis no room to hedge, continuing in a cold voice, "How could I forget you’re from Whitehill? And the Butterfly Clan is the oldest existence in Whitehill, the true rulers."
Tannis was shocked.
The inevitable had come.
Holding the phone, he finally said, "Adrian, just ask whatever you want to know."
Adrian inhaled another puff of his cigarette before slowly speaking, "I want to know everything about the Butterfly Clan."
There were things Tannis couldn’t tell Adrian.
Hearing Adrian’s words, he carefully said, "Adrian, I’m just an ordinary person in Whitehill; the Butterfly Clan’s matters are not something someone like me can delve into. I don’t know much."
Adrian flicked the ash from his cigarette, speaking coldly, "Then tell me everything you know."
Tannis didn’t hesitate and picked out some less important things, things Adrian could likely find out on his own, "I knew Melody’s identity when I was removing the bullet and saw that unique butterfly mark..."
Listening quietly to Tannis, Adrian coldly asked, "Besides destiny, can anyone else touch the Eldest Princess of the Butterfly Clan?"
Tannis replied clearly, "No! The Princess Butterfly is sacred and inviolable. Except for her own destiny, no one else is allowed to touch even slightly!"
Adrian’s brows furrowed, and he asked coldly, "Is there no exception?"
"Exception?" Tannis mulled over the word, not offering a clear explanation for a long time.
Adrian pressed on, "Has there never been one?"
Tannis: "..."
To his knowledge, there should be no exceptions. The rightful source is novelfire(.)net
Even if there were historical anomalies, they wouldn’t have good outcomes.
Moreover, this involved the Butterfly Clan’s secrets, which weren’t meant for someone of his status to know.
Seeing Tannis’s silence, Adrian asked again coldly, "Will that last bullet cause any harm to Melody?"
"No!" Tannis answered quickly this time, "If the bullet isn’t removed, it would be troublesome, but once it’s extracted, there won’t be any issues."
Seeing nothing more could be learned from Tannis, Adrian hung up the phone directly.
He stood in the night breeze, contemplating every word Tannis had said.
He felt certain Tannis was hiding something.
And from Tannis’s descriptions, he became even more convinced: the reason he could touch Melody was all due to that bullet.
That bullet disrupted the twin butterflies’ dependency on destiny.
There’s another thing he was sure of: when Melody accepted him, she must have already liked him.
Otherwise, his touch would surely still cause her discomfort and pain as it did in Fland.
The mysterious butterfly mark has its own mission.
It must protect its owner’s purity and innocence for life, and play its full role in saving its owner at critical moments of danger.
It rejects any touch or infringement by anyone outside of destiny towards the Eldest Princess of the Butterfly Clan, safeguarding the Princess Butterfly’s life.
As long as it doesn’t wither or lose its vitality, its owner will never die.
But no matter how miraculous the twin butterflies are, they are dependent on their owner and always heed their owner’s voice.
That is to say, whoever Melody’s heart belongs to, the twin butterflies will follow their owner’s will and accept someone outside of destiny.
Thanks to that bullet, now in this world, aside from Melody’s original destiny, Neal Galan, only Adrian Davies can touch Melody’s body.