Free Web NovelChapter 141: An innocent soul
A/N: Implicit mention of rape and abuses. Do skip the Chapter if uncomfortable.
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’’Nothing to do with it? We contacted him and warned him those places were off-limits and that he should keep his hands off them. What did he do? He paid no attention to our threats,’’ the man gripped his jaws harder.
’Pak’
He slapped the boy hard until the boy’s face swung to the side.
’’Boy, you better make up your mind and be ready to tell us the truth or we won’t even consider keeping him alive even if we will be left with no other option but to reach out to your father. As you said, he has one son...’’ the man paused and a sadistic smile crept up his lips, ’’Now imagine if that one son dies, that will still count as a rightful revenge to us. If not the father, then the son for now will do so and decide accordingly.’’
Once the four people left the room, the place was only filled with Alice’s miserable cries.
’’Don’t cry...’’ Helian Chen’s voice was soft, ’’We will go out. We will...’’
His small hand reached out to the broken glass shard that he had been holding in his hand for a long time. He raised his head and glanced at the broken window before he picked up the glass and started cutting the rope around his hand. Even when his hand was bleeding, the boy did not cease his movements.
He cut his rope, leaving his limbs bloodied and bruised but when he approached Alice, he wiped his blood on his shirt. He cleaned the blood on the glass shard.
His legs were shaky and he fell to his knees in front of the little girl.
Raising his hands, he wiped the tears from her face and pulled him into his arms, ’’Shh... I am here with you. We will leave this place together. I promise you.’’
When she stopped crying, he pulled back from her and started cutting the tight knots of the rope gently before he threw the glass shard away and removed the ropes that were binding her.
"I am scared,’’ Alice threw herself into his arms and shivered the moment the ropes were removed from his body.
Helian Chen patiently coaxed her while scanning his surroundings.
He got up and stumbled towards the doors in the room but he could not open any one of them.
Alice’s eyes trembled when she saw the trail of blood that he left wherever he went but not wanting to worry him more, she restrained herself from crying.
Helian Chen could not open a single door in the room even though there were three of them in total.
Some rustling voices in the distance alerted the boy and he looked towards the half-broken French window.
It was pitch dark when the moon hid behind the clouds but the noises were getting more and more distinct. Perhaps it was his illusion or his heightened senses due to the dangerous situation but he could hear someone shouting ’Young Master’ in the distance.
No, it was not an illusion. The voice was faint and distant but it was there. It must be the team of guards who had followed him here to look for him.
’’Alice...’’ No matter how many times he wiped his hands clean with his shirt, they bled again but still, when he approached her, he wiped all his blood and made his hand completely clean so that not a single drop of blood could touch her. He helped her to her feet, ’’Let us get out of here.’’
She did not question his actions at all but instead followed him to the window.
The boy struggled to climb the window with his injuries but perhaps it was because of the military training that he had been receiving since young, he did not give up. Despite the bad condition of his body, he pushed himself up to the windowsill which was a little high above.
Once he sat there, he extended his hand towards Alice and she gave him her little hands without an ounce of hesitation. He bit his bottom lips and held his breath as he pulled her up delicately, with utmost care and gentleness till she was sitting next to him on the windowsill.
The place was completely enshrouded in darkness and they could not see much but Helian Chen had a feeling that his guards were nearby. In that case, they had to catch up to them before they left this vicinity thinking that he was not there.
Thinking of that, he told Alice, ’’I will jump down from the window and turn around. You can jump to my back.’’
’’But you are hurt,’’ the girl shook her head vehemently.
’’I am fine. Do as I say, Alice. Be good and I will get you all your favorite dolls once we go back, okay?" he patted her head and coaxed her. He did not want to give her his bloodied hands and secondly, he did not know how clean the ground was. It was not safe for her to jump just like that so he did not give in to her despite seeing tears sparkling in her emerald eyes.
’’Okay..’’ the little girl nodded.
Helian Chen smiled.
The soft smile seemed to have left the girl stunned. Brother Chen is too beautiful. The thought crossed her mind and her beautiful eyes widened slightly, her little face turning red.
Helian Chen grabbed the window sill tightly as he started sliding down the wall but in the next moment, his face changed slightly.
’’What happened, Brother Chen?" Alice asked him when he did not say anything for a long time.
She could only see part of his face and his hands that were slowly loosening from the windowsill.
’’Alice, close your eyes...’’ Helian Chen said and in the next moment, his hands disappeared from her view.
The boy closed his eyes. Because of the darkness, he had not realized that the window was positioned at the edge of a cliff. There was no ground under his feet and by the time he realized that, it was too late.
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"Someone is here... Quick... Young Master!"
"Young Master!"
’’Young Master! What is he doing here in this condition?"
"From his position he is in, it seems like he fell from that cliff,’’ one of the guards pointed at the cliffs, ’’It’s good that there are flowering fields underneath or...’’
They did not dare to think what could have happened if the cliff was high and the ground was marshy. Just the thought of it sent goosebumps in their bodies.
’’He is not in a good condition. He is bleeding badly and not responding. Quickly, inform Master of the current situation. We will get him to the hospital,’’ one man said.
But the other quickly interjected, ’’What about Miss Alice?"
"Follow Young Master’s tracks and look for Miss Alice. A few of you can stay here to look for her. Young Master’s condition seems grave.’’
On the other side, the moment Alice saw Helian Chen disappearing from her line of sight, she cried and jumped right after him but before she could fall from the windowsill, her leg was held with a rough grip. Her body bumped into the hard wall and she winced as she was dragged up and flung inside the room.
’’That bastard escaped. Go, look for him.’’
After a few hours, the two men who had gone to look for Helian Chen came back and shook their heads, ’’We could not track him. It seems like our guess was right. He was rescued by the elite guards of the Chens.’’
The man, who had commanded them, had their eyes darkening. freewēbnoveℓ.com
’’Arghh...’’ In his anger, he threw Alice with a rough kick.
Angel, who had fallen unconscious by the pain was snapped awake by the immense pain. She sobbed and cowered into a corner as her body curled into a ball.
’’Your friend abandoned you here to die... What do you think of it?"
’’No, bad people... You are bad people. Brother Chen would not abandon me. He would not abandon me.’’
’’Brothers, she seems like she will fetch us a nice deal,’’ the man in lead spoke, his gaze tracing over the delicate girl, ’’Fair and tender. She will be passed around rather well. Don’t you think?"
As soon as he spoke, the rest of the men seemed to have been enlightened as well.
’’Boss, that boy seemed to care quite a bit about her. And from what I have discovered, she also comes from a decent background. The Chen Family is close to their family. Don’t you think it is a good opportunity for us?" One of the men smirked, looking at the timid and frightened Alice.
The remaining two also nodded, ’’It will be a pity to pass her around just like that. Shall we not have our fair share of fun first?
As they spoke, their gazes towards Alice turned more and more beastial.
The little girl shivered, not understanding what they were talking about but still wanting to break free. Brother Chen fell. Brother Chen..
She did not even have the time to recover from her feelings when she was grabbed by her hair and thrown to the floor.
"Ahhhhh!"
Heart-wrenching screams echoed in the lone house on the top of the cliff as the four men took their turns, destroying an innocent soul to its very core forever.
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A/N: I still remember focusing on the mother’s character when I started writing the draft because her behavioural patterns laid out the foundation for both Daisy and Diana, their traumas and their experiences but Alice seemed to have carved a journey of her own along the lines and now that I get to write it, it is heart-breaking.
