FEAR

[The real Kang Xiao Zhi]

Alone in a small room made her skin shiver from fear. The same icy cold condition of the prison reminded her of the last day she held Fei Hong's warm body in her arms. Though the room has adequate lighting, the sense of solitary breaks her spirit into pieces.

Then the sound of clanking metal against metal made her hands and forehead sweat. With her palms, she closed her ears from the noise of the metal bars around her. Shutting her eyes tight to stop herself from seeing the image of the woman who she wished she had the power to save. 

"F-Fei…," she wept, calling the woman's name.

The faint sound of footsteps on the floor made her eyes unfold. When she freed her ears from her hands, a police officer stood in front of her cell and opened the metal door.

"Mrs. Exelon! You're free to go!" the officer announced.