THE DEVIL'S GAME .

⬪ THE BEGINNING ..

                                                           𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄 : :  " The Beginning " 
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                           " 𝐈'𝐌 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈'𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒!! " 

         Cold, moving, peaceful. The elements that were combined in the water. The male's charcoal eyes grew bright as he looked to the roof. His body somewhat floating in the liquid, darkened from his shadow. All his mind was thinking of were the unfortunate nightmares he was having, being stuck.. helpless. He couldn't imagine it. His naked body touched the cold edges of the bathtub, giving him a small chill as he tried to get into a relaxed position- to shut his mind off for the night and not think about the stress in his life. He rubbed his temples, some of the dried hair getting little splashes of liquid over it. This time of night he was meant to be getting ready to sleep, though his hands were now reinked with how much water came to faced with it. 

He put his body up, positioning it from a laying state to a sitting position. He sighed, pushing his body to leave the bath. He was clean now. Heading over to his clothing, Shen QingQiu silently put on his night-time robe. The soft fabric matching well with his pale skin. His fingers laced together behind his back. Walking around the room before exiting the small cut out section. His long hair swayed with his graceful movements. Everything that this male did was charming, to his positions, beauty, luck, and more. Many wished to be like him.

His head hit the round pillow as the pulled up the sheets to his chest. The fabric feeling comfortable for his head to rest on. The male looked next to himself, no one was there unlike others expected. He did a mental sigh, knowing that it wouldn't change for a while. Turning his head back to the sky, he had some what of an uncomfortable feeling over his body. Trying to ease,  the young master relaxed his body. The feeling would not leave. The emotion overwhelmed his body, causing him to no longer have the ability to relax the tension between his muscles. The grasp made him feel guilty for something that he did not do, a feeling like a storm would be settling near him soon. A helpless chance of being able to succeed in this vulnerable state.  His body turned up, back into a position that would have him looking down at the ground, the bed sheet tucked on him with wrinkles in little areas. The white blankets soon being pushed, with a force, aside. The rustle of a bush startled Shen QingQiu, his heart pounding like a horror movie but the expression was not setting in his face. Though the sound would stop, it didn't mean that Shen QingQiu wouldn't investigate. 

The soft touch of his feet to the ground made little to none creaks. The clash of whispers came closer and closer until it was at it's fullest peek. Whoosh! The doors of the room moved away from each other as the Lord looked around on the porch. Idiotic it was for him to go out there, without a sword and only in a robe. The silence was deadening. The cold atmosphere of the night time sky clashed with his nature. Nothing to be seen. Shen QingQiu sighed, making excuses in his mind from the horror that just happened. Shameful that he wasted his time, the doors held shut as he entered back into his room.  

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   It was a horrid site to be in, let alone to see. The tears came flooding down from his eyes, the guilt overriding himself as he watched his beloved friend parish. His wrists and angles were chained, the silver metal touching the starving man. Blood came trickling down his neck to his arm, wounds covered his body as he was held captive. Why couldn't this mess be over? Why him and his poor, miserable friends. " Just let them go! " The male screamed, sounding like a nasty wail. A man approached the helpless mess. A smirk coming up to his face as he knelt down, face to face. Make-up poured on the abusers face, his red eyes staring at the liquid that came out of the darkened eyes. A pout came on his face. 

   "Now why would I do that, so they can go tell other of your kind that you are stuck here?" He laughed at the end. "Tsk tsk, Idiot. It's such a pity that it ended up this way.. just like how your father died so long ago." The smile came back, as the cold hands grabbed the face of the victim. The tears touching the coldness, he whipped Shen QingQiu's eyes ever so gently. Drawn. "Pathetic." He said as he pushed the crier's face away with force. The villain put his hands behind his back before walking over to the dead corpses. Grabbing one of them while dragging the face towards Shen QingQiu, playing with it's mouth like how a mother would to her child. "ah, Shen QingQiu, you made us like this! Blah blah blah" He pushed the body down onto the ground, causing a wound on it from the force. "we'll meet again, Shizun." He said as he walked away into the darkness.  

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  The rushed realisation of where he was overfilled his head as his eyes awoke. It was like his body controlled him to get up. His hand grasping on the sheet before his heart beat went lower. Settling his body with what he just imagined.. what his brain set up for him to see. He shook his head, looking around the room to see the light shining through windows. He rubbed his temples. A knock was heard from the door before a disciple came walking through. He bowed, showing respect towards his master. "You are finally awake, very sorry to disturb" The male said before he rose his upper body to look at the poorly dressed individual. "Xie Lian is here to speak with you," he said quietly. "As requested by yourself." 
"very well then." the master said, signalling the disciple to walk of with a flick of his hand. The disciple nodded, bowing again before exiting the area. He would have to talk to his 'Brother.' These nightmares have been going for too long, he needed to spill it out to the one he trusted most.  

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                                              Note : Thank you for reading the first chapter! It took a little bit to make but I am sure that it was worth it. Some things that I would like to share is that I will be updating the book with new chapters as soon as possible, mostly around 2-4 days. Chapters WILL be longer than this one though will take a little bit more of a rush. I am sorry if there are some spelling mistakes or grammatical errors that I have not noticed through my proofread. Stay comfy and make sure to drink some water !!