He was her only companion,
The one who would be there,
The one she needed the most,
He was that one.
***
THE YEAR 1904, a century away from the present time.
She swallowed as she looked away. Xiaojun glimpsed her puffy, reddish eyes. Like she had been with tears. Xiaojun knuckled his fists as the court lady hid behind the back doors. Ying Yue froze at the door, trying to control herself from fainting.
Althea, as Ying Yue in Xiaojun's sight, closed her eyes. The pain ached for a moment as she slid at the door frame, falling to the ground as the tears streamed down her cheeks. Xiaojun approached her in an instant.
The court ladies didn't know what to do as she knuckled her fists. Her eyes were full of anger, loathing... this devastation that crept up in her pupils in no time. Something's wrong in her mind, as Xiaojun watched as the tears brimmed in her eyes.
