Luke shouted loud and clear with unprecedented solemness and earnestness. Zayn could not help changing his countenance upon hearing Luke’s pledge. Frankly, Zayn did not have much of a memorable impression of Luke because the latter was just a small fry to him. Even if Luke was successful in business, he was just a commoner as long as he was not a master fighter. Afterward, Luke made a breakthrough in his training to become a master fighter together with Zayn’s help. Later on, albeit him pledging his allegiance to Zayn, Zayn still did not pay much attention to him. It was only until now when Zayn witnessed Luke’s performance tonight that he was visibly moved by the disillusionment of Luke’s eyes after experiencing many vicissitudes of life and the deep gratitude in his gaze. “Very well!” Zayn let out a burst of laughter before he personally helped Luke to stand upright. He said in all apparent seriousness, “Luke, I shall share my prosperity with you, and I won’t ever treat you s
Agatha’s emotions could not be pacified after all this time. She had never been as agitated as she was today. On the way back, she could not refrain from peeking at Zayn’s face. Every time she saw the side of Zayn’s well-chiseled face, her heart raced beyond her control.Although Zayn was driving, he could see Agatha’s reaction naturally, so he said in a slightly perplexed tone, “Miss Rouge, is there a smudge on my face?”“Huh?” Agatha was startled by Zayn’s sudden eye contact, so she hastily said, “No! There isn’t anything!”She hurriedly lowered her head, her entire face blushing scarlet to her surprise. Noticing her reaction, Zayn forced a smile and said, “Miss Rouge, I bet what transpired tonight scared you. I’m sorry ‘bout that.”Realizing that he had misunderstood, Agatha shook her head immediately and said, “No, it’s just that… just that I…”“Just that you’ve never been in this situation before, is that right?” he finished with a smile. Agatha raised her head to take a
Two minutes later, Zayn had taken Agatha back to her room. He tucked her in and left without a sound.Normal people would have regarded what he had done as the work of a supernatural being. How could anyone possibly erase a person’s memories without leaving any harmful side effects on the target’s psyche?Well, to the almighty Zayn, it was not impossible at all. He could not emphasize it enough—as a legendary superior class forth-tier fighter, his fighting prowess and psychic energy were beyond powerful. He could influence the people around him and drive them insane with a snap of his fingertips if that was what he really wanted.Why else would society hold superior class fighters like him to such a high regard?Agatha had more or less saved his life. The last thing he wanted was to doom hers by being in her life—it would ruin her.After spending the past few days with her, Zayn concluded that Agatha was a woman made only for the most normal of lives. She was the type to be the ha
Zayn had basically defied all the odds by surviving it and coming out of it alive. He did not just survive it, he came out unscathed!Luke’s shock lasted about ten seconds before he finally snapped back to reality. A new question popped into his mind, prompting him to ask, “What about the Ambrosia fruit—”“I ate it,” Zayn replied nonchalantly. He said it so casually that one would assume that he was talking about what he had for breakfast.Luke was even more shocked upon hearing that. He had heard of the Ambrosia fruit through the grapevine. He knew about its properties, and how it was a precious treasure of the Earth—a solitaire of nature that housed tremendous powers. It was a gem so rare that it could never be given a definite price.And now Zayn was telling him that he had eaten the miracle fruit like it was nothing remarkable.Luke could feel a tingle spread through his bones. The logical ramifications of something so intense made him shiver—Zayn was already ridiculously over
Now that the man could see her face, every delicate feature that graced Shaelyn’s face engulfed his mind and spurred his heart to race even faster.She was stunning. Bewitching, even. Trey swore he had never seen a woman so beautiful, nor had he ever seen a face so incredibly delicate and arresting in his entire life. “Beautiful” did not cut it, though—because the beauty she possessed was comparable to a succubus’. One look was all it took to entrance him. In fact, turning away from her, even for a minute, proved to be quite a challenge!Trey had made himself a name for being the residence’s most renowned bachelor—he had the money, the looks, and the charm to make him a veteran lady killer. He had been with so many women that they, as a whole, even began to bore him. It got so bad that wherever he looked, they always reminded him of someone else he had been with before. When was the last time his heart ever raced for a woman?Well, now was the time. Looking at her was like a shock
Just the thought of Zayn stabbed her right at the fleshiest part of her heart like a steel-cold knife. It hurt her so much, her tears threatened to overflow.It was enough. Bitter pain mutated into white-hot rage and a need to lash out on the cruel world that enabled it.It spurred her to move—not out of danger and into safety, but the opposite. Ten seconds passed, and every single man in her sight was all the ground, battered, bruised out of their wits, and losing even the basic strength to stand. She spared them no quarters, and so all of them suffered fractured bones and wounded tendons that could take a few months’ time of bedrest to recover.She yanked the dagger out of the table with a casual flick of her wrist and made her way towards Trey. Nothing on her delicate features betrayed any emotion except the way her eyes locked onto his own—unfazed, nonchalant, without the spark of recognition that she was looking at a fellow human much like herself.Like a black widow, eyeing h
Shaelyn had left the Aeolus House quite some time ago. She was unpunished because Zayn was alive back then. In fact, his sheer might have compelled them to pander to her. Though, now that he was gone, the Aeolus House’s attitude had taken a complete turn. They demanded that she returned to them, with each invitation increasingly forceful. Currently, every order that came was accompanied by an expert fighter.And the expert presently on duty was Sebastian Hobbes.Just the thought of Zayn’s face made stifling her tears impossible. A week had passed since his purported death, and Shaelyn still could not believe it. Zayn Larson—the only man who she had fallen in love with at first sight, and the only man who inspired her to devote herself to love unconditionally—was dead!It was so unfair! She never even got to see him in his final moments before death.She could not believe it to be the truth. She just could not!However, reality was unkind to idealists. It could not care less about
Two days passed in relative peace.Everything seemed to have returned to its course. Zayn had vanished as suddenly as he had appeared. The discussion his arrival had brought up gradually died down after a week.Words of Zayn’s being alive had gotten out since Luke Jones’s super eventful fiftieth birthday party, but predictably, not many believed it. Compare the rumor with news from legitimate superior class fighters and their testimonies, most would rather give more weight to the latter than to words of tycoons with zero experience in fighting.Felix had kept mum about Zayn’s apparent survival too, but instead of because he was above thriving in gossip and intrigue, it was more because he was too wary of the consequences. Zayn might not have warned him to keep his mouth shut, be it explicitly or implicitly, but he at least had enough wits about him for an educated guess. Besides, he had a feeling that Zayn’s return, once known, would shatter this relative peace. It was calm before t