"..." He opens his eyes at last.

He looks up at me. I let out a breath of relief.

"... You're....safe..." He sits up.

"Easy. Easy. Easy." I say.

I press my hand on his chest. I try to grab his shoulders. That was close. Way, way too close. Please... please don't ever do that to me again. He puts his hand on my cheek. I let out another breath. He pulls my hair back.

"Are you okay?" He asks.

"Yes. Yes. Now I am." I nod.

He presses his face into mine. I wrap my arms around him. He moves his hand under my dress that touches my skin. He presses his face into my neck. I feel his lips on my neck. I let out a cry. I move my hand down his back.

"Oh sure, have sex in someone else's keep." I hear. 

Shang bolts back and gets up. He grabs my waist. Yi Tong Yu walks out of the shadows. 

"Who are you?" He asks.

"I explained it to my niece already." She says.

He looks at me.

"You're niece?" He asks me.

"I'm honestly as confused as you are." I shrug.

"But no more!" Fire erupts from her hands.

I grip Shang's shoulder.

"My niece- Shi Yu, let us join forces and free me from this imprisonment." She says.

"And if I do?" I raise an eyebrow.

"You're a witch." Shang spits.

"And so is she! What right do you have to judge us? I saved your life." She points out.

"But... I can feel your evil aura." I stand up.

"And your goodness is suffocating me." She spits.

"Can't we just talk about this?" I ask.

"Help me and I'll let you walk out of here alive." She says.

"And if we say no?" Shang asks.

"Then you die here." She erupts.

"Please! There has to be another way!" I yelp.

She transforms. Her shape mushrooms. Her legs expand. A tail is grown out of her... back. I see spines breaking from her back. My eyes widen. I feel evil aura growing so fiercely I feel my nose bleed. I see the roof cracking. Her hair flows and teeth bare. Oh... oh crap. She has transformed into a dragon. I jump.

❀❀❀