Free Web NovelChapter 76: Chapter 76: The Terryfing Gaze!
The moment they stepped into the privacy of Han Soi’s quarters, he kicked the door shut and engaged the high-tech magnetic locks. He didn’t even have time to breathe before the weight in his clothes changed.
With a soft glow of energy, Yue Yue shifted back. She materialized in his arms, her skin soft and warm against his rough military uniform.
Han Soi’s brain short-circuited. One moment he was carrying a tiny snake, and the next, he was holding his beautiful, naked wife. His face turned a deep shade of crimson, and his heart hammered like a war drum.
"Yue Yue!" he choked out, quickly peeling off his heavy, oversized military coat and wrapping her in it before his self-control snapped.
Yue Yue didn’t seem to care about the clothes at all. She was just happy to be back in his scent. She poked her small, pale hands out from the sleeves of the massive coat and hooked them around his neck, pulling his head down toward hers.
"Husband... I missed you so much," she whispered, her voice cracking with emotion. "I hate the Temple. I hate being alone."
She didn’t wait for him to answer. She pulled him into a deep, desperate kiss, her lips tasting of the sweet desserts she had eaten and the longing she had felt all day.
Han Soi groaned into the kiss, his large hands anchoring her against his chest as if he wanted to fuse her into his own bones.
They stumbled backward, and both of them fell onto the large bed. Yue Yue let out a tiny, contented sigh, her face nudging affectionately against his cheek. Finally she felt safe. free𝑤ebnovel.com
"Don’t leave me again..." she mumbled, her voice trailing off.
Within seconds, the adrenaline of her "great escape" wore off, and the exhaustion of the long day crashed over her.
Her eyes fluttered shut, her breathing became slow and rhythmic, and she fell fast asleep right there on his chest, still wrapped in his coat.
Han Soi stayed frozen for a long time, his breath hitched. He looked down at the small woman in his arms, feeling completely speechless.
She’s actually asleep?
He couldn’t believe it. His wife was so little, yet she was brave enough to slither through a high-security Temple drainage hole just to find him. His heart swelled with so much affection it actually felt painful.
He didn’t complain about his arm going numb or the fact that he was still wearing his heavy boots. He carefully moved her hair away from her face, his fingers trembling slightly as he traced her features.
"You’re a troublesome little snake," he whispered with a blooming smile.
He leaned down and pressed a long, lingering kiss on her forehead. With one hand, he reached out and pulled the thick duvet over both of them, cocooning her against his body. He held her close, his chin resting on top of her head, finally feeling his own tension melt away.
In the quiet of the guest quarter, the War God and his brave little wife finally fell into a deep, peaceful sleep, shielded by each other’s warmth.
While the husband and wife slept peacefully in each other’s arms, they had no idea that their every move had been watched.
Standing in the shadows of the wall, completely invisible to the world, was the High Priest.
He had been there the entire night, standing as still as a statue. His expression was so dark and bloodthirsty that anyone who stepped near him would have died from the sheer pressure of his aura.
As he watched the empty drainage hole where the "little snake" had disappeared hours ago, his tongue grazed his lips.
He felt a violent, growing hunger in his veins. He was shocked that she had dared to sneak out to meet that "wild man," but even more stunned that she possessed a beast form.
A cruel arch appeared on his lips as Thing finally got interested. He knew she was special. After all, his gaze never landed on anything ordinary.
But the thought of her in Han Soi’s arms made him want to crush the world. He gripped the prayer beads in his hand so hard the unique crystal balls cracked.
Finally, the villain inside him snapped.
Feng Yanshen reached up and ripped the white blindfold from his face. If anyone had seen him in that moment, they would have screamed in terror.
His eyes were not normal. There were no pupils, no whites...his entire eyes had turned a deep, vibrating red. It looked as if fresh blood was dripping from his sockets onto his pale, snow-white skin.
The contrast was terrifying. He was a man of pure white...white hair, white robes, white skin...but those eyes were the color of a massacre.
He waited. He waited the entire night until his body felt like stone. One by one, the beads from his broken prayer beads fell from his hand, rolling onto the ground and disappearing.
Just as the very last bead was about to fall, he sensed movement.
His head snapped up.
Outside the wall, the "wild man" Han Soi was standing there. The little white snake poked her head out of his collar and gave his cheek a tiny, affectionate kiss.
Then, she dropped to the ground and wiggled back toward the small drainage hole. ƒrēewebnovel.com
Yue Yue was tired but happy. She had just reached the inner side of the wall when a sudden, icy chill ran down her spine. It was a feeling of pure death.
She looked up.
In the dim light of dawn, her tiny gemstone-blue eyes met the horrifying, blood-red eyes of the High Priest.
Yue Yue was so terrified she tried to scream, but because she was so small, it only came out as a tiny, pathetic squeak.
Outside the wall, Han Soi stopped. He thought he heard something...a faint sound of distress...but it was so quiet he couldn’t be sure.
He looked at the wall, his brow furrowing. But he remembered Yue Yue’s warning: "Don’t stay here; just go back to your room!" He hesitated for a second, then turned and resumed his steps back to his quarters, leaving his wife alone in the shadows with the monster.
Yue Yue froze, her tiny snake heart thumping so hard it felt like it would burst. The High Priest didn’t move. He just looked down at her with those bleeding red eyes, a terrifying, silent promise written in his gaze.
