It was a midnight dream,
Where all of the happy thoughts were shown,
Where all of the lives of me hadn't grown,
It was a midnight nightmare too.
***
THE YEAR 1904, a century away from the present time.
Althea wanted to kick him but Lei Jie just chuckled and said, "I am not in the mood to pretend with you, my Queen, I want to own you right here and then. Remember, you promised me something the time before you leave."
Althea tilted her head to one side as she narrowed her lids. She could not even know it, and it was not Ying Yue's soul who was there. But suddenly, Lei Jie inched his face closer to her which made her eyes bulge out from her sockets. Althea suddenly unclasped his hand from her wrist and pushed him away.