15 Her Bloody Tears (1/2)

Meanwhile, as the manor is thrown into chaos, Hongyue slowly stirred awake. Her eyelashes quivered, and she attempted to move her fingers to no avail. Her arms appeared like solid stone, and her chest continued stinging in pain. She felt weak.

<No!>

She hated this same feeling of helplessness, this lack of control, and the awful wait until death. She was unwilling.

She detested it deeply to the core. She hated herself for not being stronger. As she forced herself to sit up, a chuckle could be heard echoing the room.

”Interesting. Truly interesting. I really didn't think this manor had so much to offer.” A passive voice drawled out.

Hongyue snapped her eyes opened.

”Who?!”

”No need to get so defensive.” The lazy voice continued. ”I'm merely here to see if I should make an investment.”

A figure walked to her, invading her line of sight. A hand reached out to touch her neck. Suddenly, that once immovable body smoothly avoided the hand. Her body twisted and landed painfully on the ground. Hongyue looked up to see a familiar handsome youngster in front of her. Wasn't this the same man who asked stupid questions wasting her time causing her to faint? She added another grievance to the list inside her heart.

The man's eyes narrowed. That little thing shouldn't be able to move at all. How was she able to move about so swiftly even under his spell? He waved his hand and chanted something quietly. He looked on amazement as Hongyue continued to remain sitting upright even after a second spell was set on her.

Someone like her who didn't have any power shouldn't be able to fight back. No, he studied her limbs, she wasn't fighting back his magic at all. His eyes dilated. Her legs couldn't fight at all, he could see her arms shackled by his power. This little thing was using some other strange means to force the limbs to move almost like a puppeteer with their puppet. She was capable. Truly formidable.

”No,” He threw head back in laughter. ”You're even crazier than that. I don't know how you're doing it, but you're manipulating your own body by force aren't you?”

Hongyue smiled weakly. He was right on the mark. She had been move each part of her body by controlling her own blood to force out each and every movement, but for it to be called crazy? No, this was simply normal to her. Anyone who wanted to live needed to be willing to make certain sacrifices. This was her style, her way of fighting for her own life, she was brutal even to herself.

The man looked amused and leaned forward.