Sinister Obsession: Macsen Massey (Emperor Series, #3) ✔️

Chapter 28

Chapter 28

The dark dungeon is the home of criminals and the place of severe punishment. The place he calls hell in the Empire—the place where an Emperor like him doesn't belong.

He promised not to go to that place ever again, but there he is at the moment. Savoring the pain he had long forgotten. The pain of the long and thick chains lashed his back repeatedly. His father punished him once again. And that's what he always does when Vassily doesn't obey him. His father feels too superior, and they must follow even if they don't want to.

"98... 99... 100... Argh!" He huffed and counted with his remaining strength for the night. He was punished the other day, and he's lashed for the night as well. Fuck this life. His sharp voice thundered in the dark dungeon, the home for criminals.

"You're tough. What are your plans, Macsen Massey? Aren't you devastated with your life right now? Look at you; you're a total mess, and that's because of that fucking woman!" His father's voice reverberated in his cell.

"Fuck? How many nights is it already? You're punished for how many times now? Why don't you just kick her out? You're so stubborn. Why won't you just obey me, you damn ungrateful child?" The Grand Emperor hissed so loudly that the other criminals in the dungeon were silenced in fear.

He breathed heavily, trying to catch the pace while managing the pain. "You don't understand, father..."

His father's angry voice echoed. "No, you don't understand! She's involved in your past! She's fooled you until now! She's the spy! She's the reason for the conflicts happening in your empire, and she'll be the reason for your fall. So before that happens, get rid of her. But what the fuck are you doing, Macsen Massey? You're really out of your mind! Damn!"

He gritted his teeth to control his anger as well. He doesn't want to disrespect him, even though he wanted to slash everyone in the dungeon already. "I'll do things my way, father! I'm keeping her because I have plans! If I find out that she's really a spy, then I'm going to punish her myself!"

The Grand Emperor clenched his fist. "Don't make me lose my patience, Macsen Massey. Once I learn that she's really from that fucking clan, you'll regret making her live until now. Mark my words! Fucking mark it!"

The Grand Emperor left immediately, and Emperor Macsen was released from the dark dungeon. However, his punishment is still ongoing. No matter how tired and drained he is, no one will help him or escort him out of the dungeon. He should go back to his room by himself, and the doctors should only be waiting for him inside. So despite all the pain and suffering he's feeling, he mustered all his strength to go back while acting as if he's not in pain at all, when the truth is that the pain is already deadly.

They know him for being strong, tough, and bold. That's his image, and as Vassily, he must keep it. However, the Emperor got sick. The doctors did their best to ease his pain, but his fresh wounds wouldn't just stop hurting. He's so in pain that his fever can't stop coming. It's all a fucking mess.

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He's been lashed again? But he was just punished the other day and it's still clear in her mind especially what happened when she tried to visit him. That day. Bellona heard that the Emperor had heen lashed that day. And everything was still clear in her mind; the memories flashed before her eyes like a lucid dream. She was panicking; she wanted to check on him so badly. She's so worried she might die of anxiety. She was not expecting too much after their passionate and exploit nights, but what she experienced that day broke her entity.

She visited him with the purest intention of helping. She even volunteered to give the medicine to him. But when she arrived, he looked like he'd been in so much pain, and watching her approach gave him displeasure. Why does he look like that? Why is he giving her that expression? Her eyes watered as everything came in a flashback;