The thing that made Mila wake up from her long sleep was the crackling sounds and the voices of several people speaking nearby.
Who are they?
Mila couldn't recognize a single voice and when she thought about it, Mila didn't really meet many people besides a man named Roy and five other men who didn't speak at all before they ambushed her.
As well as another man that had died at her hands, it was certain that he could not speak either.
After all the memories of that night returned, Mila still didn't open her eyes, pretending to be asleep so she could hear more about what they were talking about.
But, the clearer her consciousness came to her, the more voices she heard, they all sounded just like some bees buzzing right in her ears, getting louder and louder and more chaotic with each second.
When the sounds became more annoying and made her head spin, Mila could no longer hold on to her pretense and groaned softly, trying to cover her ears.
Only to find something hard and cold that was restraining her hands to her sides, keeping her from moving or… running away again?
Mila wasn't sure if she had run away before, but from what?
The hum of the sounds grew louder and Mila opened her eyes, just at that moment, she heard a sound that was so close, a shrill scream that made all of her hair stand in alert. The sound was painful, but at least it managed to drown out all the other voices rumbling wildly in her head.
After several people dressed in white came, Mila realized that the high, shrill sound was her own voice. She was screaming.
Three men came with expressions varying from frowns to panicked ones.
After the arrival of the three men, another man followed suit, but based on what Mila saw, it seemed that this last man had more authority than the others.
He gave them orders, staring at Mila with a gaze so intense that Mila felt like he was staring right through her soul.
So sharp, that Mila could swear that his brown eyes turned red for a split second before he blinked and his eye color returned to normal.
What is that?
Is it common for someone to change their eye color? Is that even possible?
Mila didn't understand, because when she no longer heard the shrill screams and her throat felt dry, consciousness slowly left her.
However, before that, she could see the strange-eyed man leaning over to whisper something to Mila.
"...don't be afraid, I'm here..." he said.
His voice was so low and intimate that Mila felt that this man knew her better than she knew herself.
And strangely, Mila's body reacted to his words, or maybe this was just her body's reaction to whatever drug they have injected into her veins again, whatever it was, Mila welcomed the darkness that soon engulfed her.
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When consciousness returned to greet her, the first thing Mila realized was that she was sleeping on her right side while curled up like a baby.
There were no voices to disturb her peace now, everything was so quiet and… white.
Mila opened her eyes quickly, as if she had not been sleeping for hours until now and what she found was a room so white, lined with soft foam that covered every wall.
At first Mila didn't realize what this was, but when her brain got back to work, she recognized what place she had been kept in.
This is a padded room.
A room that was used to create a calm and quiet atmosphere.
This room was usually found as a facility in a psychiatric unit, used for patients who have the potential to do self-harm or were prone to suicide. Someone who has violent behavior…
Mila wanted to laugh scornfully because she remembered all this, but she couldn't remember herself at all.
However, for whatever reasons Mila was kept here, they didn't make any sense to her at all. She's not in the mood to kill herself, or hurt herself ...
Or maybe she was put here because of what she had done to that man who died on the roof?
Mila didn't even remember that she had done that. She didn't believe that she had killed someone, especially if people like Roy had said it.
She didn't know who she could trust at this point.
Mila massaged her forehead which wouldn't stop throbbing and realized that there were no restraints on her hands. They no longer wanted to tie or handcuff her? Mila didn't have time to notice what they used to hold back her movements before this.
Right in the midst of her confusion, Mila heard the sound of the door opening and a few voices buzzing in background.
Instinctively, Mila raised her hand to cover her sensitive ears, until the sound was gone and the door was closed again.
However, whoever the person who had entered this room, was standing motionless by the door, waiting for Mila to lower her hand and raise her head so they could look at each other.
"I'm glad you are finally awake," said the man.
His voice was so pleasant, that Mila felt like she could hear his voice forever, but what she did afterward were spouting words she had absolutely no plan to say.
"Said the person who made me unconscious," Mila replied sarcastically, she didn't know where she got this courage, but just by looking at this man, she already felt an emotional turmoil that she couldn't understand. "I can't believe you're happy to see me."
A grin appeared on the man's lips and somehow Mila wanted to grin along with him.
What kind of stupid feeling is this?
"Of course I'm happy, nothing can make me happier than this," he said, as he stepped forward and stood in front of Mila.
His frame was so tall, as Mila was sitting on the edge of her bed, he could easily intimidate her.
It's just that, Mila couldn't accept the situation well and stood up so that they were at equal level, or at least she didn't have to raise her head.
Yet, the thing that man did next made Mila widen her eyes in surprise.
The man kissed her lips!
“I know that eyes…” Cosmo said in low voice, as she chuckled brightly. “I know that determination to not want to trust me. But I don’t lie when I told you that Mila is in the dungeon. She went to see her lover. What do you think about that?” she taunted the king, but this time, she indeed didn’t lie. “I don’t believe you…” Liam growled dangerously at her, but this creature seemed to not afraid of him at all. “You don’t need to do that,” Cosmo said firmly. “You will never scare me.” The only thing that Cosmo wanted from Liam was for him to bring her here, because even though she looked like Cosmo, but she was not her and whatever she did and no matter what she had done, she would never be able to open this damn door, therefore, she needed to lure him to this place. “So, you fool me because you want to know the knowledge of this place?” Liam asked, the corner of his lips tugged upward when he spoke, but he could only chuckle when Cosmo was smiling at him, which made the dark witch co
“Maybe you are right,” Aaric finally spoke and that was the first thing that he mentioned.“About?” Mila couldn’t understand about what was right about her. “Do you have some idea?” Mila asked expectanly.“I think I have, but I don’t know if this will work or not.” Aaric was hesitated to try this and he didn’t think that it would work, but they needed to try this, right? They needed to make it worked, right?Aaric gritted his teeth, as he tried to cheered himself up because this was very devastating and he didn’t know whether it was right or not to do this. The only thing that he could say was for them to try this.“Whatever it is, it will be better than we don’t do anything and wait for me to disappear like dust,” Mila said, determination in her eyes when she said that. she looked very stunning with her black hair and black eyes.Actually, Aaric loved the way she looked right now, this made her looked more mysterious and beautiful.It was not that she was not beautiful in her white h
“Let’s go.” Liam looked at Mila sternly, but when he tried to take her hand again, she avoided him.“No, let’s see first. They are inside the room.” Mila didn’t want to back down, she insisted for the king to open the door and take a look inside. “This is only for a while, it will not take a minute if they are not here. You are already here, so why don’t you take a look inside the room?”“Why are you so insisting for me to take a look inside?” Liam narrowed his eyes because he couldn’t understand this. “You are so sure that they were inside. How do you know that?”Liam narrowed his eyes to look at her closely because he didn’t believe at all what she was saying right now. How could she know ant insist that they were inside when she didn’t even have any clue about it?“I am sure that they are inside,” Mila insisted, she looked at him with pleading eyes, as she tried to make him understand the situation. “You are already here, why don’t you just humor me and walk into that door to see w
Liam’s gaze hardened when he heard that. “You were attacked?” He looked at her deeply into her eyes when he said this.“Yes, I were attacked, she attacked me and I couldn’t avoid it and the next thing that I know, this is what happen to me.” Mila looked at strands of her hair, as Liam did the same thing.He took strands of her hair and looked at it closely, as he tried to see what kind of magic was there. “What curse that she used on you?” Liam asked in furious tone.He didn’t want anything happened to his wife, they had just married a few hours ago, but the problem had come bombarding them from all direction, how could they avoid this situation?This surely drove Liam crazy just to think about it alone. He really wanted to kill all of those bastards human.But then, this problem came up and he couldn’t ignore it.“We need to go to the forbidden room,” Mila demanded, snapped Liam back to reality because he didn’t respond to her words. “We need to go there before its too late,” she sai
“You know that I am right, right?” Aaric asked her. “You skipped your class.”Pouting, Mila looked at Aaric in disdain look. “I was not skipping class,” Mila said grimly. “I was not paid attention, that’s all.”After saying that, Mila grumbled something under her breath incoherently, meanwhile, Aaric just smiled softly to see her like this.But, his smile faded when he realized Mila’s current situation right now.It was clear to see that her hair and eyes had started to become darker and darker, she didn’t look like herself right now and this was really concerning. He didn’t know what was the right thing to do at this moment, but one thing for sure, this had to be stopped right away or else they would really lose Mila forever.The thought alone left Aaric speechless.For certain level, he could relate Mila’s condition to his own condition, because he didn’t have his own body, his own form, if they lost from this world, it would be only their soul that was left, but in that case, no on
“This is not you, Mila.” Aaric cupped her face and brushed away her tears. “Now, we need to go out from here, okay? If you don’t want to see it, you don’t need to, you can close your eyes and I will lead you out of this room.”Mila nodded, but she didn’t close her eyes just like what Aaric said. “Do you know how to face this curse?” Mila asked, as she was so afraid because her hair started to become even darker than before, she bit her lisp helplessly.If her time passed and there was nothing she could do, what would happen to her? Leaving like a ghost for another decades?Was this that had happened to Cosmo? Was this what happened to her before this? That soemoene had tricked her in this problem and made her lived in that way for another few decades?Mila gritted her teeth she didn’t think this was a nice idea for her to believe this, but then she couldn’t help it. She was afraid about what could happen to her right now.“Don’t be afraid, we can find a way to this problem.” Aaric kis