Confused as to why she was picking up roses in front of him, he wonders. Was she trying to get his attention because he’s with Samantha? Is she jealous of him and Samantha? Is she mad that she didn’t get the response she wanted from Eric last night? What is she planning to do this time?Samantha was trying to hide her annoyance of Eric looking at Ruby. “Those roses were planted by the emperor for the late empress. It was said that the emperor loved the late empress so much that he planted those red roses for her with his bare hands. Thus, he haven’t allowed anyone to pick or pluck them after she passed,” said Rebecca.“Oh, Eric,” gasped Samantha. She pretended to be sad and in pain.“Is she trying to cause trouble? Why is she always looking for problems?” asked Eric silently. He sighed deeply. He got up from the table and so did the rest of the group. When they got close to Ruby, she turned around and greeted them. She didn’t say anything else afterward and went back to clipping th
Ruby noticed his eyes and she reached to get the letter from him.Eric pulled away from her, and slowly stepped backward.“However, I wonder what kind of schemes you pulled to get such a favor from the Emperor,” snicker Eric as he taps the letter to his lips.Ruby stared at him with disbelief. “There you go. Show me that look. I want to see you angry. I to see you lose, and come begging for me,” thought Eric.The ladies laughed.Ruby, calming herself, she sighed. She tried to walk past him.Eric stopped her.Ruby stared at him and said, “Believe what you want. I have no time for this.” She bent down to pick up her roses. Her cleavage was showing her plump breast.Eric’s eyes widened as her milky white breast was seen. He was not fond of the idea that she is wearing such low cut dress showing off her breast.As Ruby walk pass Rebecca, she purposely bumped into her dropping her basket of roses on the ground.“Oops,” chuckled Rebecca.Ruby looked at her with annoyance. This woman who is
“The truth.”Eric’s eyebrows twitched, and he frowned at her. “Then you need to put it on me.”Ruby chuckled as he was still trying to protect the lying evil woman. “If that's how he wants to be. Fine. I will let him know I am not easy to be bullied either. We can both play this game,” thought Ruby. Samantha’s hands clenched into a ball. Anger boils in her chest that her face turned bright red, as Ruby was trying to embarrass her. She was infuriated that Ruby knew of the issues. Ruby is trying to humiliate her in front of everyone, especially Eric. She is purposely trying to make Eric remember that Ella claimed it was her who started the rumor. But luckily, she was smart enough to tell that stupid maid to take the fault if anything bad was to happen. Ella was dumb enough to claim everything was her idea, or else Samantha would have taken the fall. If the incident surfaces, she will claim that it was the maid who spread the rumors. She will also say that the maid was lying to save her
“What? The incident at the military camp-” Samantha caught her mouth as she took her own bait. “I don’t know what you are talking about. I was talking about the incident where you got the rabbit beheaded for stealing the Empress Dowager’s shoe. The one she gifted for you.” “Of course, everyone knows how a rabbit just happens to hop along and stole the shoes, magically with its paw and walked away with it.” Samantha recalled the incident. She was mad that the Empress Dowager didn’t give her the pair of shoes she wanted. Instead, she gave her an uglier pair that she didn’t like. She threw it away due to her disappointment. Then a few days later Empress Dowager asked to see it again, as it was her own shoe she had given away. Scared that she had tossed away such precious shoes, she faked that it was a rabbit that stole it. Thus, the rabbit was caught and beheaded.Samantha was boiling mad now, she got caught in her own plot. She took her own poison. Kevin said, “Samantha you need to r
Eric stared in disbelief that Ruby took the challenge. "I will see you all in one week.” Ruby turned on her heels and walked away.That night when she was returning to the Forbidden Mountain, she found Eric waiting at the two boulders that looked like dragons.“What are you doing here?” asked Ruby.“I came here to talk to you,” said Eric.“Shouldn’t you be with Samantha?”Eric didn’t say anything.“Where is she?” asked Ruby looking around Eric.“Who?” asked Eric.“Your childhood sweetheart.”“What about her?”“Well, she’s either going to come out crying to hug you or pretend to be hurt while running to embrace you, so which is it this time?”“You know what, I really came here to help you. But-”“I don’t need your help.”“Fine, don’t come crying to me when you lose.”“Don’t worry, I won’t.”“Good.”“Not like it would do me good either way. You’re just going to yell at me, like you always do.”“No, I don’t.”“Yes, you do. I got the scar to prove it.”“What scar.”“It’s on my back. I eve
ONE WEEK LATEROn the stage both Rebecca and Ruby were getting ready for their battle.Eric, John, Kevin, and Zachery sat in the front seat of the podium. Among them were Samantha, and Rupert. The judge came onto the stage and said, “We have Rebecca Wild versus Ruby Scarlet. The battle may be used and is not limited to magic, weapons, marital arts, combat skills, or spiritual powers. This fight is to settle their dispute. On this stage, both parties agree that it will be a life and death battle. Meaning if one dies the other cannot pursuit or sue the other parties. However, there will be no cheating. If it occurs, the penalties and punishment will be held according to the law. Let the battle begin!”Eric frowned at the thought that Ruby have agree to the life and death battle.“This woman is going to die,” said a person from the crowd.“What is she thinking?” asked Zachery.“My cousin is not an easy person to beat,” said John.“Damn and she’s going against an energy level two spiritua
Rupert was trying to help Rebecca up as she landed in some chairs, and she was coughing up blood. She was crying as she wasn’t able to move her body and was in pain from the punch. The crowd was silent at first and then people started shouting from all directions. “Who says she’s trash? She just sent that cocky prick off the stage. She’s able to win a level two magician and spiritual power, she’s quite good! Go Ruby! Ruby!”Eric was shocked. His eyebrows narrowed at Ruby. He thought that Ruby was indeed a smart woman. She was able to come up with a foolproof plan to get into the enemies lair. They were able to steal the Secret Map without being detected. She have hidden talents such as knowledge of medicines and poisons. So, what else is there that she is keeping secret. Just who is she exactly? Eric stroked his chin as he was staring at Ruby. "What exactly is she hiding?" thought Eric. Ruby stood there on the stage in her light blue dress and white fur around her off top shoulder dr
“Oh, by the way, I am the bloodline carrier of the phoenix’s power,” Samantha cockily proclaim.Ruby nearly laughed but caught herself and said, “Sure. If you say so.”Eric was surprised by Ruby’s reaction. She was rather calm after hearing about Samantha’s special ability and spiritual power. Everyone was afraid of the Vermilion Bird’s clan since the phoenix’s power belonged to them. Not anyone would take on battle with Samantha since she was also a summoner of the phoenix’s power.“Fairy Princess, this woman doesn’t even have the phoenix’s power, maybe a little mutation of the vermilion bird’s bloodline power. But phoenix’s power, what bullsh*t is she talking about?” asked Tabitha.“Who knows. But let’s test her out and see the so call phoenix’s power, yeah?" question Ruby. She was excited to finally see what kind of powers these wicked people can conjured after stealing his grandfather's spiritual power.“Alright, I want to see the bluff too.”Ruby chuckled quietly.Eric noticed th