Chapter 30 - She is yours to kill or keep (2/2)

He hears a scream. He runs toward the garden. He is relieved to see that the fifth prince is not hurt. General Yu looks pale.

There, she is.

Is this another dream?

”Li Jun, she is back like you said that she would.” The fifth prince chuckles. ”Take her away before others notice her.”

”What?” Kyuri widens her eyes. ”You knew that I would come back? Are you a prophet?”

He doesn't answer her questions. There is a red patch becoming bigger on her shoulder. He smells the blood. He glares at the fifth prince darkly.

”I didn't hurt her.” The fifth prince grins. ”She is yours to kill or keep.”

She is wearing weird clothes again. He takes off his outer robe and covers her completely. She needs treatment. She screams again when he picks her up.

”Stay quiet.” He grows at Kyuri. ”Do you wish to die that much?”

Like a little vulnerable bird, her heart is thumping. He rolls his eyes. She knows how to be afraid of him.

”Wait!” General Yu stops him. ”Where are you taking her?”

The fifth prince pulls the general back. ”Yu Chen, let him take her away before anyone notices her.”

General Yu closes her mouth and gives him a nod. If an unknown sneaky rat is found in the palace, the end is predictable. Li Jun rushes out in hurry with Kyuri wrapped in his outer robe. He throws her inside his carriage and takes her straight to his home. She doesn't make a single sound when he places her on his bed.

Worried, he pulls the robe. Her eyes are closed. He realizes that she is sleeping with an open mouth.

”...”

How can someone sleep with a bleeding shoulder? He shakes his head. Can this person be a spirit from hell? He takes off her shirt. The bleeding is not high. He bandaged her wound. This is the exact place where the maid was stabbed twenty years ago. Judging the freshness of the wound, it hasn't been long since she was hurt.

For him, twenty years have passed. For her, not even days have gone since that day.

What is she?