DAHLIA'S POVBoth of us, Kaleid, had roamed around all over Mayor Phil's mansion just to find his basement while he was still in a coma due to blood loss and also traumatized after he was almost beaten to death by Kaleid who really seemed like he was going to kill Mayor Phil earlier. If it wasn't for my reminder, for sure Kaleid would have killed Mayor Phil.If it happened that he had killed Mayor Phil, it would be troublesome for me to deal with the excuses and how to hide the evidence without telling anyone that we were behind the scenes of Mayor Phil's case.For sure, the smart and logical people would immediately think that there was something wrong with the death of Mayor Phil and the first suspect would be me and Kaleid and their people, since we were the last people who had met the Mayor at such a late night, which is really suspicious.I snapped back to reality when I heard his voice, which was filled with seriousness. “You shouldn't be reckless next time—no, there shouldn't b
DAHLIA'S POVMy face crumbled like a piece of paper and my eyes filled with disgust and hate upon looking at the thing in front of me.Well, that ‘thing’ was none other than a large cave that was filled with slaves who were still alive yet not really that alive. Although they were breathing, they seemed to be dead. There were men and women that were inside of the two large cages. They were all drained and they looked like sockets because they were too thin, as if they hadn't eaten properly for years.However, there were some of their fellow slaves who were being locked inside of the cage and had died. If I am not mistaken, there were thirty slaves inside of the first cage and twenty-five slaves inside of the second cage, which is next to each other.However, there were thirty-five of them who had already died inside of the cage, leaving the slaves who were still half alive, looking like skeletons.“Fuck... this is so damn cruel!” I couldn't help but grit my teeth from anger as I look
DAHLIA'S POV“I..It was Dahlia! S...She was the one who did this to me! S-She was manipulating us this whole time! She's the real de...cough—” He wasn't able to finish his words when he coughed up blood, making his state become pitiful, especially in the eyes of his people who were looking at him with worry and sympathy.I glanced at Kaleid and raised my brows. “He can talk?” Kaleid smiled and nodded his head while he leaned closer to my face, stealing a kiss from me.“Yeah, I didn't cut off his tongue because he still had to have his tongue in order for him to spout nonsense and talk to his loyal believers to clear his name because they wouldn't believe us if we probably felt Mayor Phil's tongue and would just think that we were lying.” Kaleid explained, making me fell into a deep thought and couldn't help but feel relieved.I almost dug a pit for myself. It was a good thing that Kaleid saved me from the pit that I dug.“Damn! It's that Hail Family again! I told you that they are cu
DAHLIA'S POVKaleid and I were the ones who took the lead for them, Arthur, and also those people among the residents who were also curious about what we, among them, had said earlier. Although they trusted Mayor Phil, after hearing our words, their hearts were in turmoil and couldn't help but waver. They also wanted to see and make sure that the person that they gave their trust was a trustable person, even if it was the Mayor or someone who had a high rank.In other words, they just left Mayor Phil lying on the ground, completely helpless and trembling from fear of his secrets being known to everyone. He tried to open his mouth and scream from the top of his lungs just to get our attention, trying to stop us from going to his underground, but no one paid attention to his scream and even if he shouted and was even trying to use his words to manipulate his people again like the way he used to, he wasn't able to do so.All because I had already managed to capture the heart and attentio
DAHLIA'S POVAs soon as I let out those words, I saw Mayor Phil's eyes trembling from fear, as if he really didn't want to recall the ‘boss’ of his whom he was allied with to deal with my father, who was their target. Because my father happened to be Mayor Phil's target, since he hated my father, who was more wealthy, plus he had a lot of connections than him, he envied him most.While the other one who was Mayor Phil's boss, although I don't know what's the reason why he targeted my father, I can guess from the fact that he was the one who ordered to force my father to eat the drugs—forcefully feed him, was probably all because he was trying to use my father as his test-subject.Although I don't have evidence about it, my gut was telling me that the boss of Mayor Phil and also the one who made the drugs turn a human or a werewolf into a demon, a monster.A monster that everyone feared.I coldly looked at Mayor Phil who had a paralyzed expression, still had, horrors plastered on his
DAHLIA'S POVI could feel her hand wrapped tightly around my neck, pinching my vital point as if she couldn't wait to press it tightly if my answer was unsatisfactory to her. When I looked at her, her eyes were filled with hatred, doubt and most of all... she was hesitant.I couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle in my heart. Who would have thought that she was a soft-hearted woman despite having such a stoic and stern expression that was plastered on her face all day?Even her hands that were on my neck were also shaking as if she was afraid to press them tightly enough to kill me.In other words, she didn't want to kill me and was just trying to scare me so that she could gather information from my own mouth.I squeezed out my palm tightly, enough for me to feel pain and the corner of my eyes reddened, looking at her with my doe eyes plus with a pitiful expression.“W-Why are you being like this to me, Irene? I-I am clearly innocent... I didn't do anything wrong... I just got her
DAHLIA'S POVIrene still had guilt flashing in her eyes whenever her gaze would land on me, especially on my neck. The mark that she had made hadn't faded and I could still feel her hand tightly wrapped around my neck, making me feel uncomfortable at the same time. It made me irritated for some reason.Just when I was about to pretend again that everything was fine and that I had already forgiven her, when I heard such a cold voice ringing on our left side.“Dahlia.” When I looked at my left side, I saw Kaleid who was walking in a hurried manner towards my direction and immediately sat in front of me, holding my chin while looking at me in the eyes.“What happened? Why were you on the floor?” He softly askedHowever, before I could answer him, his gaze had landed on my neck, making her see such a terrifying mark that it wrapped around my neck.Kaleid turned his head, glancing at Irene who was averting her eyes out of guilt.“What did you do to her?” Kaleid asked heavily while his eye
DAHLIA'S POVI watched the slaves whose eyes were dull and lifeless, filled with hope the moment that they saw the cage was opened. They dragged out their sickly and skinny body with desperation as if they were afraid that in a moment by now, someone would lock them up again if they won't move fast.Despite that their body was weakened, filled with hunger, and tiredness, and their eyes shone like a star the moment that they got out of the cage.I couldn't help but stare at them and didn't even notice the lone tear that slid down my cheeks.“Are you okay?”Before I could turn my head to look at Kaleid who had asked me those questions when I felt his thumb, gently wiped my cheeks.I looked at him dumbfoundedly. “What are you doing?”“You were crying,” he said with a serious expression. My brows furrowed and didn't answer his words.Instead, I stared at the innocent people whose eyes were shining brightly the moment they were freed. I walked in their direction and after seeing me, all