Call of the Night

Part 4

Two fully armored man was before me. One stood over the other and the other lay painfully in the ground while clutching his wounded abdomen. There were men or demons fighting around them. The man in the ground point a finger the other man saying:

"I, Gai Zhen will rise once more. And when I do, the bloodline that you are most proud of, will end like the setting sun."

Slowly the man on the ground closed his eyes and a single tear trickle down his face
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I sat up and put pressure on my temple. My head is throbbing badly. My eyes wondered around the exquisite sight of the room. The moon aluminates every structures and every angle of my foreign surroundings. Everything is sparkling bright, from the floor to the ceiling. It is a room even the most rich cannot afford. A statue made of crystal stood boldly yet elegantly beside the bed that I laid upon.

The most brightest though is the owner of a silver hair that sat by the terrace. In his hands holds a dark mirror. He looked at his reflection as if there is another person in the other side. I was amazed by his way of mesmirizing himself and how he oddly touches his reflection. The sight of him admiring himself sends a chill in the back or my neck. I'm not even sure if I should pity him or be afraid to be in the same room with him. One thing for sure is going on in my mind, the rumors was not falls about the emperors affection for himself. It seems harmless yet awkward. He put down the mirror. I hurriedly got back to pretend being asleep.

I felt the bed move from beside me. After awhile I eventually got tired of pretending and open my eyes. The red glazing eyes looked at me as if I laid bare in my own skin.. A simple stare from him is enough to make my heart race to its rapid speed.

"Are you done faking?" He spoke.
Gwaaaaaahh!!! I did not even notice that I was at the edge of the bed and was about to fall but he got a hold of my arm then pull me in. I panicked and still fell off the bed. After recovering from my fall he already got on his feet and was walking to the terrace.

"I thought you were more forward Mogwai?" He took a golden cup from a small table.

*Mogwai? I looked around the chamber to see a person with such name. But I was the only one here and his the only one with me. I pointed at myself questioning.

"Yes" he nods "Yes... It's you"

I scoff "That's not my name. My name is..."

"It fits you better" he drink in his cup after saying it.

"Why?" I asked, troubled.

His face changed from gentle to stern suddenly. Like a switch he looked at me with his cold eyes. I felt scared again. I urged myself to ran to the door.

I ran as fast as I could as if he was chasing me. I closed the door behind me when I got out. Outside stood Minister Li Hua and Genral Hui Lang unmoving and both their eyes bulging. I straightened what's left of my *Kimono and try nonchalantly pass them while limping a bit. Eventually I got tired of them looking at my back so I hurried while leaning on the wall. I went through many turns before I realized that I was helplessly lost. I have never been in this part of the palace.

"Running away again?" A boy appeared from the corner of the darkness. Lin Shao's eyes is as blue as ever.

"What?"

"Are you lost?" He chuckles.

I did not respond but I felt my face burn.