All Chapters of The Return of the Emperor: Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

Room number 501 read the door of the room where her feet ceased. A tanned brunette, not more than 26, dressed in a black lace top and pencil skirt, her lips painted wine red. She threw a peek at her timepiece which showed 21:30 and she heaved a sigh, relieved that she had shown up on time. She knocked three times at the door. In less than a minute, it opened for her. She looked to her left and then to her right to make sure the coast is clear before entering the room. But as soon as she walked into the dim space, a sharp object crept upon her neck and the door immediately shut behind her. Her breath hitched in her throat when the person whose only hands and eyes she could see in the dim light trapped her against the wall with her wrists over her head. His eyes, menacing and fierce, and a scar across his right eye added to his intimidating persona. "I hope you're not carrying any weapons," he whispered raspily as he brought his face closer to hers, one hand still keeping the knif

Present Day "Leave me!" Gut-wrenching sobs of a female echoed in the air, bringing the earlier knocked-out Zane back to his senses as he began blinking restlessly to clear his vision, to see what was going on and strained against the ropes that restrained him. However, he struggled to open his eyes properly owing to the severe pain in his head, but it didn't take him long to realize that his wrists and feet were tied. Even his mouth was taped shut. And as soon as his vision cleared, the sight in front of him scared him to death. That too, for the first time in his life. Vanessa was right there, in front of him, sobbing, her eyes red and puffy, a single cut across her cheek causing blood to drip. She was struggling in the grasp of Lorenzo, who had roughly clutched her hair in his fists and was now marking a cut across her neck, right where Zane had left his mark. The white shirt she wore was drenched in blood, with a tear in it precisely at her left rib cage, the spot of her Lore