Chapter 40

After that call, Scarlett felt much better. She felt she could do this. The entire surgery went with no one panicking over Zoe nearly dying. They stayed in city A for a few days just in case and sightseeing and stuff.

On the way, Scarlett's team suggested they should celebrate this when they get back home. This surgery had gone safely, and it was Scarlett's first surgery after failing the last one.

Scarlett didn't agree to it, but they kept on insisting on it. They even said they just wanted Scarlett to feel better.

She threw her hands in the air. "Fine! We can have a celebration!" she grumbled.

"Yay!"

"But I'm paying for it though!"

Bee clapped her hands. "Even more yay!"

Scarlett rolled her eyes but smiled when nobody was looking. Bee behaved like a kid sometimes, heck, everyone in her team acted like a kid!

Scarlett placed her cheeks on her knuckles and peered outside. The car was driving through a sanctuary and huge boards were placed on the side of the road of what animals and birds they might see.

She thought about what Anastasia and Avery might be doing at home. Anastasia would be working and video calling her younger siblings, Avery flopping onto the couch and cursing at the TV. when both of them were done, they'd go walk the doggos.

She yawned and stretched. She took out a blanket from her bag and placed it on herself. She was about to sleep when she heard:

"No! I want to play my songs! It's my turn!" Bee yelled.

"No. it's my turn!" Levi yelled back.

"You promised me that I can play my songs, and you already played yours in the last drive! I sacrificed my turn so now I can play mine!"

"When did I even promise you this?! You said I can play my songs since you were going to sleep!"

"Oh my god! Shut the fuck up right now! Levi, give Bee her chance, I heard you promise that she can get to play her songs when we get back home. Now stop fighting and let me sleep! God!"

Levi and Bee nervously smiled in fear. "Sorry." they didn't want to piss off Scarlett or disturb her precious sleep.

People say she looks cute when mad, but the rest of her team thought of her as the devils incarnate when she's mad.

*Scarlett in the background: fear me, mortals! (evil laughter)*

Levi let Bee play her songs and the entire SUV went quiet to let Scarlett have a nap. After an hour, Bee heard sniffing. "Wait, who's crying?" she whispered.

"I'm not crying and I don't hear anyone crying either," Levi said.

"I don't hear anyone crying either, you just probably thought you heard someone crying."

"I guess yeah."

And again, sniffing was heard. This time it was loud and clear. "You heard that, right?!"

Levi nodded. "Yes!" he turned back and frowned. "Wait, why is Scarlett crying?"

Bee turned from where Scarlett was sleeping and saw her mumbling something, and tears rolled down her face. "Oh my god!" Bee tried to shake her awake. "Scarlett, wake up!"

(warning: gory scenes, abandonment, rape scene, death threats degrading name-calling. Stop reading and leave if you find any of these triggering right now!)

In her dream, Scarlett was walking through a house that reminded her of the houses in historical c-dramas. There was nobody around her. It was slightly foggy and the entire place gave off an eerie feeling.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" she called out. "Hello?!" She climbed up the stairs and slid open one of the room's doors. She gasped at the scene and covered her mouth.

Blood, dead bodies, and internal organs were littered around the room. In a very corner, a bed was placed while a man was on top of a woman and both of them were naked.

The woman didn't look like she was enjoying it and was crying. "Young master, please stop!" she begged him and a slap was heard. "You better shut the fuck up or I'll kill you just like the rest! You're this young master's toy for now!"

"Young master, please stop! I'm tired and you're hurting me!"

"Oh now, you're telling me about hurting you?! Bitch guess what?! I have been hurt much more than you! My entire world is collapsing!

"That bitch is seducing my Ming Yue and now she likes her! I tried to kill her, but now I can't since my Ming Yue has given her a protection potion that won't hurt her for more than a year!

"And that old hag now refuses to do anything to break the protection covering her! And that stupid seer is telling me my Ming Yue will kill me! How can I not feel hurt after what happened to me?! And now..."

And the rest was inaudible. Scarlett managed to yell out. "Stop hurting her!" the man's head snapped to where she was standing and Scarlett took a step back.

He nearly looked like Anastasia but he had dark brown eyes and black hair instead of electric blue eyes and blonde hair. He smiled like a maniac. "I didn't expect a bitch like you to witness everything!"

"Young master! Please stop! I'm begging you!"

What the man did next was horrifying; a sword flashed in his hands and a scream was cut short when the sword slashed. The man got up, and the sword was stuck in the woman's throat.

"What are you doing here you slut?" She looked up and saw the man was still standing there, but he had clothes on. Scarlett opened her mouth, but nothing came out.

He smirked and pointed a knife at her. "You took my wife away from me! My aunt promised me that I'll be the one marrying her no matter what! And you stole her from me!"

What was this guy saying? Who the heck was he talking about? Who did she steal from him? He made his way to her and Scarlett took a step back for every step he took forward.

"You know what? Your parents sold me to you twenty-five years ago! You were going to be my slave because they wanted money!

"But then one of my wives pitied you and went behind my back to create a portal to put you back in the mortal world, and somehow you ended up in an orphanage!

"You know what I wanted to do to you?! I wanted to kill you! The same way I just did to my wife!" he pointed at a body and thunder flashed.

Scarlett nearly screamed. It couldn't be called as a body anymore, it was badly torn apart and internal organs were spilling out.

Scarlett took a step back, but she fell down, meeting the grass. The man looked down at her and glared. "Run little bitch."

Scarlett got on her feet and started to run, but her feet felt heavy. She looked back where the man was but he wasn't there. She ran into something and looked up. He was right in front of her.

She crawled away from him, but he grabbed her by her hair and started to pull her to the courtyard. She clawed at his hands and begged him to leave her.

He didn't respond and dragged her through the stairs. He dragged her across the same room and threw her on the bed right next to the dead woman. "I'm going to make you regret even looking at her!"

And Scarlett woke up with a jolt. Bee, Levi, and Fox stared at her. "Oh my god, are you okay?!"

"Yeah. what happened?"

"You were mumbling something and crying, then even begging to leave you. Did something happen?"

"Scarlett, drink this." Fox gave her a bottle of water. "You okay?"

She nodded and opened it. "Yeah. Bad dream, I guess."

"Okay. Do you want to walk around for a while?" Levi asked.

"No, I'm fine. I'm really fine. You can start driving Fox."

"Okay~"

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"Young master, it worked."

*smirk* "Good."