Chapter 355 - Her plans (1/2)

She kept her breathing even, and her limbs completely relaxed, even carelessly sprawled until she heard the sound of the door closing with a definitive click.

That was the second time the nurse had come to check on her in a matter of minutes and such painstakingly intense dedication to duty was going to be a pain to work around.

She waited a few seconds just in case and opened her eyes with a snap, a look around confirmed what she knew, she was alone in the richly appointed room and finally relaxed.

The room looked beautiful, airy without being overcome with light, just the sort of room a convalescent patient needed to rest and find a new vigor for life, too bad she wasn't sick at all.

Keeping up appearance sapped more of her strength than she believed possible, keeping up a cheerful mien had been particularly taxing but she had needed to improvise and adjust carefully.

She hadn't planned this but all in all, it was a better plan than what she had in mind. With one final look around her, she released the glamour around her, her body grew pink with health until it seemed as if a touch would stain a person's fingers. The nondescript skin took on a life of its own until it seemed as if it was studded with living shimmers that traveled all over her body and made the body more luminous and sinuous.

Her height almost doubled, her eyes gained a dark red tint, her ears disappeared under a tangle of blood-red hair that moved in an airless wave forming a dark halo around her. Even her voice didn't remain untouched, it gained a huskier tint until it was a seductive rasp as she got out of the bed, headed for the mirror perched in front of her.

She admired herself briefly before she spoke the words, waiting patiently until the mirror in front of her rippled and smoothed out to show a reflection not her own.

The scene that played out in the mirror was indescribable, a wild montage of red, black, and sickly yellow was the dominant color but in the middle was a single figure fast asleep. The figure shone with a strange light, it wasn't white but it wasn't black either, but it was a distinct shade of light, not pure but more that completely encapsulated the sleeping figure, blurring everything but the outer edges of his form from view.

The rays flowed and ebbed in a mesmerizing display around the seemingly dead body, but even with the barrier between them, she knew who it was and was aware that the power was more than she could ever wield.

But that didn't stop her greed for it, Yue Yan reached until her hand hit the cold impenetrable surface of the mirror before stepping away from the vision, behind her the mirror regained its silver state.

Her plans were moving along beautifully, all possible sources of hindrance were otherwise occupied and the entire world was her chessboard to play with.

Already, she could envision how she would move people like pawns and the immense satisfaction she would get from it. Humans were so predictable with their over-the-top reactions and she thoroughly enjoyed moving them to the extremes of emotions.