Chapter Forty-Two — Trouble!

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IN SKYE EVANDER HIGH SCHOOL

"Because of what?" Yelled the young girl. "Just say it!" She screamed angrily.

Just as the two were shouting at the top of their voices and yelling at each other like kids, a young lady knocked on the car window. She was signaling to them to wind down and the two teenagers inside the sports car stopped bickering at once.

"Hi, we meet again." Dawn smiled at the woman after she wound down the window. Within her, she never wanted to set her eyes on this woman. She was such a painful eyesore.

Madam Stacie gave off a faint smile and Dawn smiled back. It was like there was an invisible conflict between the two ladies but physically, they were being extravagantly nice to each other.

'Why is this lady smiling at me? Damn it! She looks so dangerous when she smiles. All the same, she's a pain in the butt.' Dawn thought to herself as she studied Madam Stacie for a minute.

Madam Stacie secretly glared at Dawn and said inside her. 'I can't just wait to suck out the whole info from you. You're nothing but a bottle stuffed with unnerving secrets. I can't wait to squeeze them out and make name for myself.' She laughed violently inside her and smirked. Her long eyelashes fluttered in ecstasy.

"I know that you'll be wondering why I came again." Madam Stacie clicked her tongue and smiled again as her lithe fingers played with her hair. Suddenly her mood turned serious, she pushed up her monocle and those jolly eyes of hers were now stern.

"Really?" Dawn probed with her eyebrows raised slightly. She winked at Madam Stacie and a creepy grin formed on her lips.

The scowl that was plastered on Madam Stacie's face deepened. Blinking at the young teenage girl in front of her, Dawn straightened her back and gazed back at the woman.

"As you can see, I'm really hungry and I'm also tired. Would you mind giving me a break because I'm totally stressed up?" Dawn inquired with her usual bossy tone and ignited the engine. She yawned and stretched her body to show the extent of her tiredness.

Madam Stacie was annoyed when Dawn stretched her body like a lazy cat.

'What does her tiredness have to do with me?'

As she was about to move the car, Madam Stacie stopped her.

"C'mon! How about me taking you guys on a dinner? Huh?"

Jayden who was silent all this while decided to put an end to their invisible conflict. "Fine."

Madam Stacie gave out that genuine smile that could charm people but Dawn was an exception. "That's great. So how about the Vel Lindo Restaurant?" She asked in that alluring voice. She noticed the dreaminess in Dawn's honey-hued eyes when she mentioned the high-class restaurant.

Dawn had always yearned to dine in the renowned Vel Lindo Restaurant. It was her dream restaurant. It has always been her wish to eat and merry in that restaurant but she was nowhere near a celebrity. She wasn't even related to one so dropped that down and picked up other aims.

"So we'll meet at Vel Lindo Restaurant in the late evening" Dawn recovered from her haze. With a faint smirk on her lips, she drove off like flash.

"We'll see about that." Madam Stacie grunted under her breath. Her eyes narrowed in pomposity and her petite hands neatened her outfit and she whisked away.

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AT THE MYSTERIOUS CHÂTEAU

"Aargh~! Aargh~!" A helpless voice resonated in the gothic room where four girls stayed. There were three girls tied up around three different poles and the other girl lying unconsciously on the mat.

Khloé was seriously whipped by Desha. She was crying bitterly as her body stung with pains and discomfort. Red blood flowed freely from her injuries. Desha was enjoying the bloody scene in front of her as she was twisting and stretching the bloody whip in her blood-spattered hands. Her face was prettified with the splish-splashes of red blood from Khloé's injuries.

The whipped girl whined in pains and her clothes were drenched with her blood. She was losing her consciousness and soon she passed out.

The girl next to her was Caitlyn Jones, her archenemy. Her lightly ginger brunette hair was now very messy and tousled like that of a bird's nest, her brown skin that used to glow under the bright skies was now wounded as well as dented with fresh scars and burns. The girl that once outshone Desha in Ceremonial Dinners was now at the mercy of Desha. This made Desha smile so creepily as she forcefully banged Caitlyn's head on the floor.

Alyse and Bitsy who were squatting at the doorpost giggled like happy witches that successfully executed a plan. This sent fright and chills to the helpless girls. These helpless girls were now doomed for life because there was no way out of this château. Desha had told them that they were in another dimension of time so mere mortals wouldn't find them, not even the prestigious Ohrejan Investigation Team that happened to be their last hope.

"You can flog and whip us like slaves, I don't care but you will never get away with this!" Shelbie groaned in fury and Alyse stepped forward and gave her two dirty slaps. Her cheeks were swollen as the flawless reddish imprint of five fingers were emblazoned on her cheeks.

"You don't dare talk to Lady Desha like that. Treat her with utmost respect, did you hear that? You're nothing but a senseless lamebrain in front of her." Alyse barked at Shelbie who was going pale. Hunger and anger stirred up in her and she wanted to retaliate but her hands were shackled with strong metal chains. The chains even weighed more than her so that was why she was clumsy with her movements. That made Desha and her cohorts laugh hysterically.

"Hmph! I never knew such loyal rags still existed till this day." Shelbie muttered under her breath but that was loud enough for Alyse and Bitsy to hear. Their faces that bloomed with evil laughter were now thriven with burning anger.

"What did you say!?"

"You-!"

Alyse and Bitsy got annoyed and snatched the iron whip from the armament. Without wasting a second, they whipped Shelbie at the same time. Shelbie didn't cry or move at all, she just sat with the fat chains binding her neck, hands and legs. She felt them whip her so tirelessly and mercilessly.

'You guys are just wasting your energy.' Shelbie smiled inside her as she sensed that the two girls were exhausted from whipping her. One thing that people didn't know about her was that she was immune to pains. She had a fatal accident when she was just four years old, after treatment and medication, she found out that she could not feel pain at all.

When she was cutting vegetables, she mistakenly cut her finger and bled but never felt pain at all. That was when she was fourteen years old and so she lived on with it.

"Girls!" Desha screamed to Alyse and Bitsy. "Step aside!" She ordered them with her usual stern mien.

"Huh?" The two girls were confused for a moment. It was like their boss wanted to take over the torture again. Definitely, Shelbie would cry and yank for help. The cohorts smiled triumphantly as they stepped aside from where Shelbie sat.

"Hand over the whips to me!" Desha ordered as her eyes reddened. Alyse and Bitsy whipped Shelbie so hard yet that damned bitch didn't even wince or distort her face in pain. She was going to whip Shelbie herself and she will enjoy watching Shelbie plead for mercy.

Her cohorts handed over the iron whips which they had placed in the burning furnace. The whips were fiendishly red and once it comes in contact with the skin, it will destroy the skin and that person will be in deep anguish. She can't wait to see Shelbie's distorted skin and her sorrowful voice pleading for mercy and help.

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IN EVANDER

Dawn drove so recklessly that there were hundreds of cops racing after her. She was laughing so maniacally that one would think that she was mentally unbalanced.

"Stop!" Jayden screamed at the crazy girl but the girl stepped on the pedal and the sports car soared very fast.

"Stop or I'll stop this car!" Jayden screamed at the girl. Dawn took another unknown lane and stepped on the brake pedal and the car immediately halted. If not for the seatbelt, Jayden would have been flung away when the car halted.

When Jayden realized himself, he quickly checked to see if there were any injuries on himself or any cops following them. Fortunately, he saw none. He didn't even hear their scary sirens. He breathed an air of relief and slumped back on his seat.

"You're so dangerous! I'm driving this time around. No buts." Jayden warned and pulled off the seatbelt immediately. Dawn glared so hard at him, reluctant to leave her seat.

After they switched positions, Jayden sat at the driver's seat and Dawn sat on the passenger's seat. So there was no reckless driving or putting loud songs. That brought peace of mind to him but the one that gladdened him was that there were no scratches or broken thing.

"So we're going to my villa, geddit?" Jayden said as he ignited the car engine and started driving. Dawn was a bit surprised hearing that Jayden had a villa of his own.

"You have a villa? Do you live in it all alone?" She asked excitedly. Her honey-hued eyes dilated and the smile on her lips brightened.

"Yes, I have a villa but I don't live there permanently. I live in the family mansion but firstly, let's go to the boutique and buy some clothes." He said lowly and then…

"WHAT THE HECK HAVE YOU DONE~!?" Jayden screamed loudly when Dawn did something wrong. "YOU'RE SUCH A PAIN IN THE NECK~!" He yelled loudly.