A piercing pain stabbed her chest from where her ribs were broken.
She stared at him in a daze. Disbelief, confusion, and trepidation filled her eyes. Her pupils trembled as she whispered, "…why?"
"Why?" He crouched down and sneered at her. At this moment, his face lost all of its childlike innocence, transforming into a devil who was disguised among humans, the tender and innocent face was shedding off, tearing apart the forced cordiality. "Don't you know yourself why? You mons—ter," his lips curled downward in malice.
Her eyes widened in shock and in that moment of distraction, blood spurted out from her mouth like a fountain. Still, she stared at him without moving. "You…remembered?"
"Of course, I did." He harrumphed.
"Why…" She breathed, laughed and cried at the same time. "I have never harmed you before…"
