BANG!
The iron bars glowed a furious red, snapping apart like twigs under a boot, shards scattering as if burned from the inside out.
Aurora just stood there, lips parted, staring at the twisted wreck of what was once her prison cell. Her gaze flickered to Wang Xiao, then back to the mangled metal, then to him again, as if she had to double-check he hadn't sprouted horns.
"…Wang Xiao?" Her voice was barely a whisper, her wide eyes scanning him from head to toe, as though wondering if this was the same lazy rascal she once knew.
Wang Xiao arched a brow, shifting uncomfortably under her scrutiny. "What's with the look?" he snorted, a grin tugging at his lips. "You planning to stand here till you grow roots, or are you coming along?"
