Chapter 6

Celia

I saw darkness and stars in front of my eyes.

Soon, I would be meeting my parents. That thought made me feel happy.

But why was my breathing not slowing down?

And why was I still hearing my killer’s soft breathing?

I had let out a scream, hadn’t I? Maybe, I was hallucinating and it was an effect of my brain shutting down before the rest of the body followed suit.

I could still feel the way my veins were thrumming under his skin, the way Jasper’s robes swished against my naked skin.

My eyes flew open as I saw the chandelier hanging down from the high ceiling.

Jasper noticed the flutter of my eyelashes and kept looking at me curiously.

It looked like the woman had been right. He loved toying with women and scaring the hell out of them.

But before I could speak anything, I heard him bark an order.

“Maids”

Soon after, a flurry of girls suddenly appeared out of nowhere, scurrying like rats.

A total of four women, each dressed in simple palace clothes arrived and stood by the door, bo