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9-6: Peeling The Onion-I

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last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-07-02 23:54:16

The place they arrived at was a towering building that resembled an ancient church. Its walls were almost entirely black, not because they had been painted that way, but because countless years had stained the stone until its original color had long since disappeared. Cracks stretched across the aged surface while vines clung stubbornly to the walls, making the entire structure appear older than anything Jane had ever seen. The building rose so impossibly high that no matter how much she tilted
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  • Defy Me If You Can   10-17: Unknown Sources-V

    Hades and Morningstar immediately burst into a fight. The moment their fists collided, the cave exploded into chaos. A deafening boom echoed throughout the mountain as the force behind their clash shattered the walls around them. Great cracks raced across the stone ceiling like lightning before enormous chunks of rock broke loose and crashed to the ground. Dust erupted into the air, swallowing everything in a thick gray haze while the earth beneath their feet shook violently, as though the mountain itself had begun to collapse under the weight of their strength. Every exchange between them sent another violent shockwave through the cave, pulverizing pillars that had stood for centuries and reducing them to nothing more than rubble. The walls caved inward one after another, enormous boulders crashing down with enough force to leave craters in the ground, while the lake nearby surged into towering waves that slammed against the cavern's edges. It no longer looked like two people were fi

  • Defy Me If You Can   10-16: Unknown Sources-IV

    Getting far away from the dining hall, Jane only felt relieved when she was far enough from the place. The girls were always akin to hyenas when it came to showing their anger and she knew this better than everyone else, especially since she had been in so many manors before to tell that maids always treated their work as if it's their life and they would do anything, even murder, when they couldn't get to their goal.Perhaps because servants had so little in life, the only thing they could truly cling onto was the place they had earned for themselves inside a manor. Losing the master's favor often meant losing everything they had worked for, and because of that they would fight tooth and nail against anyone who threatened to take that place away from them. Jealousy, resentment and ambition were things Jane had seen countless times no matter which household she stayed in.It reminded her somehow of that one maid who had killed the mistress of the house so their master would fall for t

  • Defy Me If You Can   10-15: Unknown Sources-III

    The haughty Oliver scoffed openly at Victor's words while the rest of the room fell into a suffocating silence. Even the servants standing by the walls lowered their heads, too afraid to breathe too loudly after hearing the tone Victor had used.Only Oliver, however, seemed delighted by it.He stepped forward lazily, one hand tucked into his pocket while the other brushed dust from his sleeve as though Victor's warning had been beneath him. Then, as if he had suddenly remembered the funniest joke in the world, he let out a sharp laugh that cracked through the silence."Who am I?" Oliver repeated mockingly. "I'm certainly not some defective creature like you."A few faces in the crowd paled immediately."But perhaps no one told you yet," Oliver continued with a grin, pacing slowly around the table like a wolf circling prey. "This house does not belong to you. And even if it is, do you think you are someone with such a high position that you could force anyone into your bidding?" He cli

  • Defy Me If You Can   10-14: Unknown Sources-II

    Jane stared deep into Annie’s eyes and the latter’s anger slowly faded away the longer she stared into them. Though Jane didn’t know how she looked right now to others, the truth was her gaze had deepened so much that Annie’s anger turned into fear.It happened so gradually that Annie herself couldn’t tell the exact moment everything changed. One second she was glaring at Jane with open hostility, ready to throw another insult, and the next her own breathing had become uneven.Something was strange about Jane’s gaze and that was something Annie couldn’t figure out at first. The way those eyes darkened, the way those facial expressions turned dull, it’s as if the person before her was no longer a human, rather an unnatural creature pretending to be one.There was no hatred in those eyes.No anger.No annoyance.That was what terrified Annie the most.It was the complete absence of emotion, as though she was looking into something ancient that simply observed her existence without judgm

  • Defy Me If You Can   10-13: Unknown Sources-I

    But seeing her suddenly fall silent and pretend she had nothing more to say, Victor looked distinctly displeased. One of his brows slowly rose while his face settled into an openly judgmental expression, as though he were the one most offended by her little act. His fingers began tapping lightly against the wooden table in a slow, rhythmic tick... tock... tick... tock..., each quiet tap making the growing silence inside the office feel increasingly uncomfortable."If you have nothing else to do," Victor finally said, "then leave."For a brief moment, the words visibly struck Vanessa. Jane caught the subtle flicker immediately. The confidence that had been sitting comfortably upon the woman's face faltered ever so slightly before she quietly composed herself again. She lowered her eyes toward the floor, took a small breath, then briefly glanced toward Jane before finally returning her attention to Victor."I wanted to," Vanessa replied evenly, "but... haven't you heard it from your fat

  • Defy Me If You Can   10-12: A Bright Placd-III

    "It doesn't.. sound like a loving marriage." Jane couldn't help but say it aloud, unable to stop herself from voicing the thought. She wanted to see what Victor had to say, expecting perhaps a frown or a quiet denial, only to find him smiling instead. Not a wide smile, but one that looked oddly amused, as though he had been waiting for someone to reach that conclusion."I did think they were in love," Victor tapped his finger on the book and hummed thoughtfully before continuing, "the fact is, my father love to chase and my mother knew that better than anyone else. To keep him under her lash, what she had to do was to show she would never become his own."Jane blinked slowly, trying to understand those words. It sounded contradictory, yet somehow it also made a strange kind of sense when she imagined the two people he was describing."That means your mother had planned everything?" She asked carefully as she wondered if there is anyone in the world who would allow themselves to be loc

  • Defy Me If You Can   1-7: Taming A Monster-IV

    Jane rushed to the top of the staircase, her black loafers making a dull sound as she huffed, finally reaching the highest floor which took more time than she thought it would. A part of her even regretted looking too amazed at the mansion. What will that blind man do to her if she's late? Jane g

  • Defy Me If You Can   1-6: Taming A Monster-III

    "Anyway, I heard that you're going to be taking care of the young master from now on," Wren continued and Jane furrowed her eyebrows at the news. She knew she would have to do business to stay in this mansion, even though she doesn't want to stay, but she couldn't willfully dispose herself from wo

  • Defy Me If You Can   1-5: Taming A Monster-II

    "How was it, Stanley?"The voice came from a woman in her late thirties, her beauty accentuated by the golden jewelry adorning her and her hair styled into a high, elegant updo. Her eyes rested on the butler who had just returned after pushing Jane into the monster's lair, now standing once more be

  • Defy Me If You Can   1-4: Taming A Monster-I

    Her heart raced aloud. Only at this moment did she realized how the situation she faced was. The fact is, the butler had left her inside a room with a man, an adult man! The young master wasn't young as she had guessed, instead, he was a well matured, tall man with a frightening power on the grip t

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