Tantalizing crimson eyes and jet black hair were all Lily could remember in the features of the enigmatic young man who saved her ten years ago when she was kidnapped.

 One day, she accidentally saw him again after ten years in the middle of a busy street in an unexplainable situation. 

Time froze for few seconds people around her stopped moving and in his snap of finger defreezes time as the car in front of him lose control and crashed with the nearby truck.

She was left dazed on what had just happened in front of her The scene shocked her and triggered her memory of him.
 "The guy who saved me was no human," she murmured staring blankly, remembering their uncanny encounter a decade ago.

"Grim reaper?" Confusion was written on her face.
He shook his head, "Non I am Doom and I bring death to people."

After the street incident, she couldn't forget his face and his lines kept replaying in her dreams like a broken tape which made her wonder if this is part of the after-effects of her trauma or if it was destiny who aligned their stars again to collide.

DOOM

“My lady! My lady, wake up. You are having nightmares,” someone said as that person was slightly tapping the right side of my cheek. 


“W-what,” I blurted out as I abruptly opened my eyes, catching my breath. 


It was a late reaction, and my brain was still in a haze from that weird dream. 


“My lady,” my butler called my attention, “My lady,” he repeated. 


“H-huh?” I looked at him, and I can see he is very concerned about my condition. 


I clutched my chest, still with heavy breathing. 


He gave me a glass of water immediately. I held it with my shaky hands and drank it with one gulp. 


I wiped the sweat on my forehead, and shift my gaze on my bedroom clock. 


“You took a long nap, my lady. It is already nine forty-five in the evening,” Butler Wong said. 


On my peripheral vision, I noticed that he was holding a telephone. 


Chapter Eight