Lol so much for a regular updating schedule

"What a delightful sight to come back to after a stressful meeting," he chuckled darkly, stepping closer towards me.

"I would agree, I am quite a sight," I smiled lightly, my chest tight.

"Such high spirits? Well must be my lucky day, you even came all the way to Italy to see me, how pleasing," his fingers came under my chin to raise my head higher.

"Precisely, just wanted to give you the sweet news of Leo and I's wedding," I felt like I was going to pass out any second.

"Oh, I'm highly aware of that. Is this where you choose to spend your honeymoon together?" He raised a brow as I felt like spitting on his face.

"No," I responded curtly. "I came to give a personal visit to you to give the news myself is all," I tilted my head to the side slightly.

"You still captivate me with those features of yours just like your childhood," he merely stepped closer to me and I wanted to run away.

Jumping out of the window sounded good right about now.

"How funny, I seem to think I've been blessed with beauty as well," I cocked my head to the side. "Just like your son has been," I grinned, knowing it'd make his temper snap.

"Were my warnings for you to stay away from him not enough?" His hand went to my waist and I internally panicked.

What would make him even angrier?

"Obviously not if I kissed him every chance I got."

What a lie.

Still worked though.

And like,

Tora doesn't have to know, right?

"You never learn," he clenched his fists, pushing me forward as his hand came tightly around my wrist. "Even when I threatened you in your younger years, I thought you'd grow up with more fear, not defiance."

"What can I say? The lovely time I've spent with your son has such an impact on me," I smirked lightly, my voice smooth as I was pushed around in the room.

Oh mY PARROTS.

LEO HAD THE RECORDING OF EVERYTHING SAID IN THIS ROOM.

MEANING,

TorA bloodY IS GOING TO HEAR EVERYTHING TOO.

I sure hope that Leo wasn't with Tora at the moment.

"What an attachment to my son you do have," he spat out, pulling my hands together behind me.

"Of course, I mean," I paused, turning around to give him a glance. "I'm quite loyal to the man I'm in love with."

My head was turned back forward with the force of his hand against my cheek as I clenched my jaw.

"That was quite refreshing, don't you say?" I retorted, unfazed by the fact he had juST SMACKED MY ENTIRE FACE WITH HIS ENTIRE HAND.

"No shame you have to speak so openly of matters like that with such a high level person,"  he snapped at me. "Reasons like this is why I cut that damned ribbon."

My eyes widened at his confession and I felt my eyes sting.

GrEAT JOB BUT NOW REALLY IS NOT THE TIME TO BECOME EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE AND CRY.

"You what?" I turned to watch his features turn into a smile as I narrowed my eyes.

"That lovely red ribbon my son got you when you were a little girl? The one he oh so fondly wrapped around your hair each and every time? I tore it to pieces, watching the silk turn to shreds with a smirk."

I felt sick.

I waNT TO HAVE A BREAK DOWN AND SOB MY E-

"Move forward, I've got no more patience with your life anymore," he shoved me towards the door, pushing me against the wall as he went to unlock the door.

Was he going to kill me in some room?

I wonder if he has any pictures of Tora.

Like my goSH WAS HE HOT T-

"Keep going or I'll toss you," he shouted and I opened my eyes that had been screwed shut, seeing him shut the door behind him.

What.

There was instead a staircase that went up, the area dimly lit as the staircase was the only thing there.

"Actually the toss sounds good, like how strong is your arm that you'd be able to toss me entirely up the stairs? Like down the stairs is a different th-"

"Quit with your yapping and go," he jerked me forward as I started to go up the steps, feeling a slight pinch in my arm as I was about to comment over it, instead being pushed harshly forward for not continuing to move.

I held back my coughs the higher we went, the air thick with some sort of awful fragrance.

Wouldn't that be considered an odor than?

My footing started to slur as the lighting got dimmer and dimmer.

"The impact is already setting in on you that quickly? What an advantage on my side," he gave a hearty chuckle, giving a final push as I felt myself nearly fall.

I could feel there were no more steps, yet my vision had become so unstable by now that I couldn't see anything other than blurs of dark shades.

"Better sit still, brat," Sir Igarashi sat me down on some sort of chair as my mind hazed out further.

"I'm not the brat, you're the brat," I retorted, my arms being held back as I felt him walk around me, binding metal chains around my weak form.

"You're so far from done," he wore an arrogant smirk and I stared at him.

"You shouldn't smirk, leave that to your son, he's much hotter than you when he smirks even without smirking, he's plenty ho-"

As my head turned to the side, I blinked, my cheek stinging.

DiD hE jUsT smACk mE!¿ agaiN¡?

"Interesting," he stared at me for a moment, stepping back. "Seems like the usage of the smoke worked better than I thought it would have," he seemed to drop something in front of me.

I couldn't see, but I was able to hear the distant sound of glass shattering below me on the ground.

"Your bloodline already is so infected," he raised my chin, moving his fingers across my jaw as he pressed a firm finger over my collarbone.

I held back the sudden urge to throw up, my head spinning as my breaths turned heavy.

His hand rested over my neck, his arm over my shoulder while he let his fingers brush over my collarbone once more, pressing into the skin of the hollow bone as my lips parted immediately.

I let a scream out instantly, my voice raising and my throat felt hoarse. I pulled back from his touch, yet he only pressed further into the skin as I took a large breath in. Blood rushed up as I trembled against the chains.

A burst of blood left my lips, staining my skin as the full color splattered over the ground at my feet. I blinked slowly, feeling uncomfortable against the tight chains as my skin had broke out in sweat.

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My skin burned, yet I felt freezing despite the high contrast. My limbs felt sore from the hits they repeatedly took with no breaks.

How long had it even been?

Probably five minutes but my dramatic self felt like it had been years.

I was given twenty seconds to breathe after Sir Igarashi left the room, only to have a hard stick smack against my ribs. I had lost count long ago how many times I coughed up blood, unable to register if my skin was sweating or bleeding anymore.

I'm sure it's the same anyways.

One is just clear water while the other is red water. All I was doing was releasing body water.

Right?

What about left?

Why doesn't anyone care for left?

I liked left.

Left never did anything negative to me.

You know who else I liked?

Tora.

I smiled numbly, my lips probably ripping from places as they were beyond chapped.

I wonder if Leo turned the files in.

IsTG iF THAT BLOODY BOI DID NOT DO THE ONE THING THAT I AM ENDURING PAIN FOR I WILL KILL HIM IN MY AFTERLIFE.

HECK, I WOULD COME BACK TO LIFE AND KILL HIM WITH ME.

I WOULD EVEN HAUNT HIS LIVING SELF WITH MY DEAD SPIRIT.

I blinked, pulling a blank as I wondered how much of the smoke I had really inhaled.

Even so, why weren't any of Sir Igarashi's goons affected like I was? Or even Sir Igarashi himself?

I let my eyes close as I took faint breaths, feeling my heart slow as I painfully breathed.

Before I was able to rest for another split second, my ears perked up from the sound of a match striking. Looking up, my eyes widened as I saw the floor at my feet.

My blood pooled around my feet wasn't what had my heart nearly stop, but the shattered glass in the blood was.

A broken needle.

I'm bLOODY SAD BECAUSE MY LITTLE SISTER HAS EXAMS AND I WANT TO KINDA STRANGLE HER WITH SUFFERING FOR NOT GUVEINT ME THE ATTENTION I WANT omIgish I'm cracking up kekekekekke but in all seriousness, I'm really proud of her for being so dedicated and hardworking for studying for her exams and giving her all and I'm not going to ramble on because that's kinda it hAhAHa but fun chapter, right? Or should I say left¿ ;)