All of a sudden, noises were heard from outside."Catch her!""Don't let her get away!"Jane and Lydia's expressions darkened, and they immediately left Vicky to run outside."Did that girl try to run away again?""I guess so. She's the only one who'll cause so much trouble.""I've warned her that if she runs again, I won't show her any mercy. Seems like it's useless.""She has the looks, but she's too hard to manage. We have more beautiful women like her in Forever Night than we can count. We don't need her.""Since she refuses to obey, let's just give her to the bodyguards. They're from foreign countries, and they love a foreign woman like her as well."The two chatted casually and decided a person's fate with a few words.Vicky slowly got out of bed, seeing no one looking at her. She walked over to the window and looked outside.The window was barred with only a few centimeters gap in between each bar. She glanced around, but there was nothing she could use to escape.At
Just when everyone thought that Sara had given up, she went from completely limp to hysterical within a split moment. This time, she was not trying to escape.She ran toward the wall to take her own life, and the bodyguard next to her acted swiftly to grab her.However, since it had all happened too abruptly, the bodyguard only managed to grab her by a corner of her clothes.Baam!Warm blood spilled onto the wall in a shape that resembled a crimson flower.Vicky was shaken to the core by the sight.Jane scowled and talked over to Sara to check if she was breathing. A moment later, the frown on her face eased as she said, "She's still breathing." She turned to the bodyguards and said, "Take her to a doctor. Once she gets better, don't bother sending her back. You can have her."The bodyguards instantly beamed.With that, Sara, who was completely unconscious, was dragged away.Vicky watched as she disappeared from sight and froze.Once they settled the matter with Sara, Jane an
In the past days, Vicky was well-behaved so that Jane and Lydia would let their guard down while she planned to escape before the auction. However, Jane and Lydia had been sly enough to drug the water she drank, and Vicky fell unconscious right away.By the time she woke up, she was already in the venue for the auction. She laid on a beautiful bed made of crystal, and all the spotlights were on her.What terrified her most was that apart from where she was laying, the venue was surrounded by darkness, and there were only lights on the stage.It felt as though she had been tossed into a void with nothing but the sound of her heartbeat."One million and two hundred thousand," a voice altered by a voice changer suddenly echoed in the hall.Startled, Vicky fumbled to get up, only to realize that she was so weak that she could not even sit up."A million five hundred thousand," another voice said."Two million.""Two million five hundred thousand."All the voices around her had bee
Vicky was pushed into a room equally dark. Though she was conscious, she could not move a muscle.Time ticked by, and every second stretched indefinitely in the darkness.Just as she was about to drift off to sleep, she heard the door opening.She jolted awake. Though she could not see anything, she kept her eyes trained on the door. Her senses became extremely sensitive in the absolute silence, and the sound of shoes dragging across the floor was captured by Vicky.Click! Someone came inside and closed the door behind them.Vicky tensed at the approaching sound of footsteps.She had been in the dark for too long and was starting to get used to her surroundings.She spotted a dark figure walking toward her, and though she tried to remain calm, her heaving chest and racing heart betrayed her.Vicky was terrified.Just as she was absorbed in her thoughts, a cold hand came into contact with her. The hand was so cold that she felt as though she could freeze."Don't touch me!" she
"Something important?" Curious, the man asked, "What can that be?""Just turn on the lights and I'll tell you.""Are you trying to bargain with me?"Her heart sank.She came from a wealthy family as well and had heard about rumors of odd fetishes within the elite community.Places like Forever Night were built to satisfy the oddest and darkest desire of all, and the more powerful someone was, the more they enjoyed being in control.Tyler was the perfect example of that.Vicky did not know the man before her, so she dared not to cross him and continued with the most earnest tone she could manage, "No. I just think that it's more polite for me to look at you while we talk."The man fell into silence for a few moments, before saying, "I do like that face of yours. I will agree to it, but...if you lie to me, there will be consequences."Despite being altered, the voice still sounded majestic and intimidating."I won't try anything," Vicky said, realizing that her palms were cover
Vicky felt as though she was stabbed in the chest. Not only did she not manage to divorce Tyler, but she ended up abducted instead."I... I came here on a trip and was abducted.""And your husband didn't even bother arranging bodyguards for you?"Vicky looked away. "I…don't like to be followed around.""If that's the case, you kind of brought this on yourself, didn't you?""I suppose...""So you can't blame anyone for that."The man's words were harsh, but Vicky assumed that it was just a force of habit as people of high status never needed to worry about what others thought of them. She ignored his mockery and said, "I'm not here willingly... Sir, if you can get word to Tyler, he can pay you. Whatever you want...you can negotiate with him. For someone in your position, getting a powerful friend is far better than getting a woman, right?"She was not certain if Tyler would pay the man before her, but she had no other options and had to make the best of her situation.The man c
Vicky caught onto the sarcasm in the man's tone but did not know how to explain herself.The man scanned her and asked, "If you want to leave him, why would you want me to reach out to him on your behalf? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose?""I don't know who else to seek help from," she said bitterly.The thought of seeking help from Sebastian once crossed her mind, but her kidnappers, Jane and Lydia, mentioned that no one could walk out of Forever Night once they got in.Even if Sebastian found out about her whereabouts, he might not be capable of saving her. Since there was only one chance for her to seek help, she had to entrust it to the one person who had the biggest chance of rescuing her.The man comprehended what she meant and sneered, "You make the best when you need him, and cast him aside when you don't. Women really are cruel creatures."Vicky scowled and thought to herself, 'Has he been hurt by a woman before? He sounds like he hates women or something.'She was not f
The man strolled toward her and stared down at her as though she was a cattle waiting to be slaughtered.He reached out to stroke her cheek and said, "Claiming his woman... The mere thought of that is thrilling."Vicky stiffened. "Enemy? You're...Tyler Hart's enemy?""Are you that surprised?" He asked as he outlined her features with his finger. There was a thin layer of callus on her finger, and she felt chills down her spine in response to his touch."Thank you for telling me who you are, Miss Shaw... Otherwise, I wouldn't know how I can get back at Tyler Hart."Vicky narrowed her eyes. "Get…back at him? What are you going to do?"His finger stopped at her lips as he whispered seductively, "What do you think?"Vicky tried to move away, but she was powerless.Fate had a strange way of mocking mortals.Ever since she stepped foot in Lovian, she had been suffering from bad luck.She was first abducted and sold to Forever Night, only to find herself in the same room as Tyler's