Tears of Relief.

The moment he entered the room, a metallic scent assaulted his nostrils. Few steps away from him is a completely worn out figure slumped on a metal chair. Crimson red blood pooled underneath her. One look could tell that it's her blood. Her long black hair covered her face completely as she's currently facing the floor.

Knife cuts, black and blue skin, a red line around her neck telling that she'd been strangled by ropes or something else.

This sight infuriates the devil. He clenched his hands tightly that his knuckles turns white. Congratulations to whoever does this to her, they manage to make the cold blooded devil thoroughly enraged! Xing Hong Sheng wanted to skin them alive before throwing them inside a salted water!

This time, his negligence cost his beloved a long traumatizing experience. What about the next time? Would it cost her life?

While he was lost in his own world, Eru started coughing loudly and it wasn't any normal cough. It's accompanied by a bright red blood. Coming back to reality, Xing Hong Sheng hurried toward the woman and untied her bound hands and legs. He gently wipes the remaining blood on her chin before covering her with his windbreaker.

The moment both her hands and legs untied, she dropped against his chest weakly. "I'm sorry. I'm late." he uttered apologetically, sadness apparent on them. He embraced her tightly rubbing her backs gently.

Xing Hong Sheng held her tightly inside his embrace, he could feel something wet and hot dropped on his necks. Did not take a genius to guess what are they. Without any hesitation, Xing Hong Sheng scooped her up and left the filthy room. That bloody scene engraved inside the devil head and he silently swore that whoever responsible would pay by thousand fold.

He carried Eru bridestyle and brought her out of the room. Everyone were so frightened the moment they stepped outside the room because their Master looked as if he'd just came out directly from the abyss. He looked so scary that none of them dares to stare at him. Even Spade, whom spent most time with the Master held his head down.

"Mastermind. Report. Underground." he spat out before walking toward the main door, leaving the old abandoned house.

The scariest thing about Xing Hong Sheng is, the shorter his words, the cruelest he could be. Today is the first time when he spoke using only one words at a time. Which means anyone that dared to annoy him will be wiped out from history. Even history wouldn't want to keep it.

Hospital is the first thing popped in his head as soon as they left the abandoned house. He brought her to a most secured hospital. He is worried of her psychological welfare, things like this can make anyone lost their mind and he doesn't want his beloved to be one of them.

As soon as she relaxed, the fatigue suddenly took over. She passed out almost immediately and stayed unconscious for almost a week and during that time, Xing Hong Sheng stayed beside her guarding her close. During that short period, Eru would constantly whimpering painfully every night as sweat formed on her forehead.

Well who wouldn't when facing such horrible experience? Xing Hong Sheng was helpless against situation like this he could only coaxed whenever she got nightmares. There's nothing else he could do.

.........

A strong smell of medicine, a white ceiling. Hospital? Eru blinked her eyes trying to adjust on that strong light piercing her eyes. Am I alive?

"Call the doctor." A voice rang snapping the young girl from daze.

A silhouette appeared beside her looking majestic. She knew about this man. He's the one whom saved her from that place. Tears accumulated in the corner of her eyes before they slides down her cheeks.

"Thank y-you. For saving me, I am thankful." She inhale heavily before continuing. "I thought I was going to die. I am scared." she sobbed as tears of relief kept sliding down her pale cheeks.

"Don't worry. No one would hurt you anymore." he said warmly and gently patting her head.

Receiving the words that she's awake, the doctors entered the room checking her condition. After that she fell asleep once again. Using that opportunity, Xing Hong Sheng left the hospital to clean up the mastermind. He left someone guarding the door just in case.

"We caught the proprietor." Spade reported an unmarked disgust flashed across his eyes. "Lead the way." he uttered coldly.

Spade brought him toward the room where even sunlight wouldn't reach. Inside the room, a young woman is tied onto a cold metal chair similar to the one inside the abandoned house. The one that bind his beloved woman.

The people who conducted the torture also kept inside the same room. Xing Hong Sheng nodded his head in approval. Spade understood his intention and splashed cold water onto the unconscious woman. Lin An An raised her head ready to lashed out on the person brave enough to kidnap her. But when she saw the devil standing while glaring down on her, she started sweating.

"You touched my beloved. Now it's your turn. Do it." Xing Hong Sheng commanded coldly. He didn't even gave the girl any opportunity to speak.

Despite the girl constantly begging, Xing Hong Sheng facial never change, not even once. The more he watched, the more he's enraged. His beloved actually endured this kind of tortures for hours. His fist were clenched tightly, so tight that his knuckles turning white.

Watching the change of their Master mood, everyone thought. 'You people are dead meat.' The Master are furious ah. Everyone turned stiff every second passed.

This time she suffered like this what about next time? No! There would no next time! My beloved shouldn't suffer like this. "You know what to do." he uttered coldly. He needed to be back to her side before she woke up. Having those thought in his mind, he left without second thought. His head filled with her.

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On the other sides, Eru briefly awaken by a nightmare she would usually had. Glancing beside her, she saw nothing. There's no sign of the man from before and she started freaking out. Thinking that all those memories were just an illusion, she broke into cold sweat and the hospital turned into chaos while the devil were on his way back.

Fearing that the devil's beloved would go berserk, the guard called their Master informing him regarding the situation.

Eru hugged both her legs tightly, putting her head on to of her knees. Countless of horrible scene flashed across her mind, a thought that never entered her head before. When she's on the verge of breaking, the door opened. She raised her head and a familiar man entered her field of view. Tears formed in her eyes as she looked at the man helplessly.

"I'm sorry. It wasn't my intention to leave you." he gently said as he hugged her small frame gently. "Promise me that you wouldn't leave me." she uttered hugging Xing Hong Sheng upper torso tightly. "En. I promise." he replied rubbing the girl back soothing the girl tense body. A small peck landed on her hair eased her mood instantly.

This is my safe heaven she thought internally as she relaxed.