Faye’s heart was racing and she was terrified by Howard’s behavior. “Howard! You must be mad! I’m your cousin! How could you try to harm me?”“Hah-hah-hah, I’m only taking you to meet someone. How is that considered harming you? Firstly, I don’t want your money, and secondly, I don’t want to take your life,” said Howard in a bantering manner. Faye panicked even more upon hearing that. In other words, Howard coveted her body!She was instantly infuriated, “Howard, are you still a man? I’m your cousin. Your actions make you less than a beast!”Howard was stunned for a moment. Soon afterward, he came to a realization and grunted ‘bah’. “You must be sick in the head. Would I do something so disgusting, huh? I told you that I’m taking you to meet someone, tee-hee!”Before his voice died away, a car drove in from the alley and stopped. Next, a handsome, graceful man got out of the car. It was none other than William Brown. He had a wide smile while he ogled Faye’s body with greedy ey
“Mr. Brown, I think it’s better for you to return to the villa first before you do anything else. There’s a neighborhood nearby, so it’s possible that this might draw the attention of the residents. It will be bad for your reputation.” Howard walked over and told William. Frankly, he was still feeling rather scared by his rush to gratify himself. William stopped what he was doing. Howard’s words came as a reminder to him. Even though he was feeling reluctant, he accepted the suggestion. He still had all night anyway, so there was no need for him to hurry. Thus, he stopped and ordered his two subordinates to tie up Faye so he could take her back to the villa. Faye wanted to call out loudly for help, but she only managed to shout twice before her mouth was sealed with duct tape. After that, she could only whine.She regretted coming there very much. She would never have agreed to come with Howard in the first place if she knew that this would happen. It was her fault for being
Just like that, there was no denying it—one of the car’s front tires was crushing something under its weight.Something that felt suspiciously human.At that moment, even someone as audacious as William Brown could feel a stab of fear in his heart.“W-What… Are we going to do now?” the driver said, his voice trembling from terror.The gears in William’s head turned at light speed. Honestly, he was just as panicked as the next guy. Fortunately for them, William was no stranger to the wilder side of life. He even came out of most situations with more resilience than the average Joe. It did not take him long to calm down and say, “Let’s just get out of the car and check if that person’s dead”“Oh…”Realistically, it was the only thing that the driver could do.Howard and the rest of the group still had no idea what had happened, but they got out of the car anyways. He asked William, “What’s the matter, Mr. Brown? Why did you stop the car?”“We ran into someone,” he replied, his ex
William’s face was seized by violent horror. He was covered in goosebumps. His hair was standing on end. No matter how firm his beliefs—or lack thereof—were as an atheist, his conviction was seriously challenged by the primal fear that was incited by the potential danger headed their way.Slowly—mechanically—he turned.There was a man behind him, hidden by the shroud of darkness that was created from the fading light.William could not capture a single feature on the man’s face. It was tenebrous, merely shadow and silhouette—to William, it was a terrifying sight.He took a gulp and backed away from the silhouette until he was toe to toe with Howard and the driver. “Who… Who are you?” he demanded, his voice audibly quivering.Howard and the driver were just as harrowed too. They shook like leaves, almost certain that they had just stumbled upon a supernatural creature.The silhouette said nothing; it simply faced them. It looked like it had no intention of leaving. They swore that
Despite being Faye’s cousin, Howard was undeterred. A rabid cur—that was what he was. How could Zayn ever extinguish the flames of his anger?All three of them could feel the bloodlust that Zayn emanated. At the end of the day, they were nothing more than just regular folk with unexceptional capabilities, so being trapped in the dark with a man hellbent on killing them was something out of a living nightmare. It would come as no surprise that even an unthreatening breeze could make their skins crawl.Howard was the first to break under Zayn’s gaze. With a shrill scream, he turned on his heels and fled for his life.It roused William from his stupor, and quickly, the man shouted at the top of his lungs, “Get him, all of you! Kill him—rip his mask off! This *sshole just can’t get enough of these mind games and Halloween spooks, huh? I wanna see who he really is!”All three of his bodyguards obeyed his command and lunged at Zayn in a coordinated attack. They were professionally-traine
Faye had never felt so helpless.Her hands and feet were bound, and her means to resist her captors had been incapacitated.The car was so well-insulated that it muffled anything coming from the outside. All that had gotten through to her was the sound of someone talking—a heated argument, maybe—and that was it. She was completely clueless as to what was going on outside.The feeling unknown was gnawing at her stomach. She felt like her sanity had taken a huge dip. Time continued to crawl at its petty pace, and each passing second worsened her initial state of restlessness, torment, and despair.She rued her naivety. She should not have believed that bastard’s words and put herself in such a precarious position. She could already imagine how the rest of this would play out—what William would do to her, and how he would immortalize it in a video. Once that video was spread all over the Internet, her life would be over.Faye wished for someone to come and save her, even if it meant
“It’s okay now, hush. I beat them up and chased them away. You’re safe now,” Zayn cooed gently, rubbing Faye’s cheeks. He tore the tape off the woman’s lips.A cry, followed by a heartbreaking bawl sprung out of her mouth as soon as the gag was removed, and the distressed woman threw herself onto Zayn. She was whimpering like a little girl.Zayn had her in his arms as he patted her back gently, hushing her with a litany of soothing assurance. This was the first time he had ever seen Faye cry like this.“I was so terrified… God, I was so terrified…” she sobbed. As soon as her ropes were undone, she wrapped her arms around Zayn and squeezed him as tightly as she could. Zayn felt like he could not breathe.Faye was scared that he would disappear, so she held onto him for dear life, like a drowning woman clinging onto the last floating barrel out at the sea. She had never been so scared before, not even during that one time with Ethan—she had never been so fearful.Honestly, Faye had
Faye had to muster all the courage within her to ask the question, and even so, the words could not leave her without her cheeks flaring a scarlet red. Blushing or not, she was determined enough to raise her head and her snow-fair neck before nailing her eyes onto the chairman of Violet Vision.The intensity of her gaze caused Zayn’s heart to pound tumultuously against his chest. He was starting to panic. His mind was expeditiously rummaging through all the possible motives that were fuelling her thought process. What was the purpose of her saying something like that? Was it because she had cracked the code? Did she know who was behind the mask?Or was it all a test?He was panicking so much that he could not read Faye’s gaze properly. He did not notice the ardor nor the passion burning brightly in her eyes.Faye’s heart was racing, too. The chairman’s silence made her believe that the man had conceded to her request, so she reached towards the man’s face to relinquish him of his s