His white hair shone under the moonlight and made his face looked eerie pale, the smirked that tug on his lips added the creepy aura that emitted from him.
He was like a ghost who was crawling out from nightmare.
Senja watched him with wide eyes, he was leaning his body against the door fra, but the next second he stood in front of Senja and gripped her neck, choked her and raised her up until it was only her toes that touch the ground.
He stared at Senja right in the eyes and let out hair- raising laughed before Senja felt darkness engulfed her body.
.....
Senja woke up, startling.
She heard a whimpered escaped her lips as her hand abruptly made it way to her neck. Xiao Tianyao who was standing near the window dashed over to Senja's bed side and knelt.
"What happened?" He asked, concerned was laced in his voice.
Senja shook her head and let out a raspy voice. "Bad dream I gues" She replied unsure.
It was so realistic to be a dream, she almost could feel Modama's cold hands was sneaking around her neck and squeezed the breath out of her with so much forced and amusent glimred in his eyes.
Xiao Tianyao thoughtfully bring a glass of water and stroke Senja's back to calm her down as she gave him a faint smile she gulped down the water and gave back the empty glass to him.
Only the, Xiao Tianyao caught a glimpse at her neck, he ignored the glass and lifted her chin so he could have a better look on her neck.
"What happened with your neck?" He growled lowly as his eyes darkened.
Frowning, Senja got off from the bed and rushed to the bathroom.
**It is impossible.** Senja ntally shook her head. **It was only a stupid dream right?**
Senja yanked open the bathroom door and stood in front of the bronze mirror.
There, in here reflection she saw the ugly purple bruises on her neck, it was clearly a hand print. So, that was an
Xiao Tianyao was behind her and spun her over to face him. He examined her neck once again as his body shaking with anger.
"Soone choked you!?" He said with dangerous low voice, it was either a statent or a question for her.
This morning, Xiao Tianyao didn't notice it because her hair covered it.
"What happened?" Xiao Tianyao prodded.
It was strange if soone had strangled Senja until leaving a handprint on her neck, but she didn't aware about it.
He looked to Senja's eyes and imdiately sure, sothing was happening last night. But, Xiao Tianyao was a light sleeper, if sothing dire like this, it was impossible if he didn't awake.
Senja stared back at Xiao Tianyao with trouble eyes. She pulled his hand as they went back to their bedroom.
Senja was sitting on the edge of the bed while Xiao Tianyao went to retrieve a dicine box.
The mont he ca back, he sat beside her and started to rub salve on her bruises neck.
Senja looked at him with worry because he didn't say anything and his lips made a tight line. He was very angry now, she knew this, because recently Senja had seen his anger couple of ti.
After he was down with her neck, he heaved a deep breath before asking the question.
"Tell Senja, what had happened?" He asked, demanding for explanation.
"I thought it was a dream" Senja started, unconsciously wanted to touch her neck, but Xiao Tianyao caught her hand in ti.
"Don't touch it." He said curtly.
"It was Modama." Senja continued and looked at Xiao Tianyao reaction.
With the ntioned of Modama's na anger rose on his chiseled face as his face turned red as though he was holding his breath for long ti. Xiao Tianyao was livid.
"How he ca here and strangled you, without know about it!?" He was shouting in frustration, he was furious, but not to Senja more like toward himself. He put his elbow on his thigh and buried his face between his palms.
"It wasn't him who ca here, but " Senja halted, didn't know how to elaborate it, because it sounded so weird even for her. "Because it was who ca to him"
Xiao Tianyao lowered her hands and turned around to look at Senja. "What did you say?" He thought, he had heard her wrong. "You ca to him?" The sentences were so weird. He frowned.
But, the most strange of all was when Senja nodded, confird his word.
"Why did you co to him?" Xiao Tianyao gritted his teeth, he have to check his temper and kept his anger at bay. "It doesn't make sense Senja."
"Yes, it doesn't make sense," Senja frowned, she looked trouble. "I even thought it was only a dream until you saw this bruises." She said truthfully.
"Tell about this" Xiao Tianyao looked distressed.
How could he not be angry, when Senja was beside him, Modama still able to find a way to hurt her, he was at lost for what else could he do with his ability.
"Last night, I heard a voice." Senja bit her lips. "Its called for and I have an urge to follow."
"An urge to follow?" Xiao Tianyao knitted brows deepened. "What is that an? What that voice said."
Senja shrugged and shook her head. "I don't know what it said, because all I knew I need to follow it."
Xiao Tianyao's expression was darkened as he listening to her.
"The voice was leading to the balcony in the other side of the inn, but when I was there, there was no one. I stay for awhile." Senja nose started to scrunch up when she tried to rember the next thing that happened. "When I will go back to our room, Modama was standing behind and I didn't notice it until I saw him."
Xiao Tianyao balled his fist in anger, but he didn't say anything and kept listening.
"I was shocked and he moved very fast, the next thing that I knew, he choked and I black out." Senja finished the story.
There was a silence that spread between the two of them as Senja was looking at Xiao Tianyao's expression. He was very silent, as if he thought about sothing very difficult.
However, after he sighed a deep breath, he pulled Senja closer to him and hugged her. "I am sorry" He said softly.
"You don't need to say sorry. You weren't there." Senja tried to reason with him. Feeling weird to accept his apologize for sothing that he didn't do.
But, Xiao Tianyao shook his head. "I am sorry to yell at you, I am sorry to bla you for sothing that you even didn't involve in it, I am sorry to not listen at your explanation first before I jumped into a wrong conclusion."
He closed his eyes, feeling the guilty seeped from his pore, made him feel a bit better. Senja felt it too.
Xiao Tianyao continued. "I am sorry I locked you up. You didn't deserve to be treated in that way and I regretted it." His voice was laced with remorse.
Senja didn't expect this confession, but she was glad Xiao Tianyao got her point and Senja knew that Xiao Tianyao was sincere with his words.
With that, Senja wrapped her arms on his torso as she sighed with relief. "I am glad that you know your mistake." She smiled.
"I was being pathetic when you said that you will leave ." Xiao Tianyao put his chin on top of her head and talked sadly.
"Yes, you are being pathetic." Senja agreed. "But, it takes a great courage to admit your mistakes, and I couldn't be happy more to know that you ant your word." She lifted her head and gave Xiao Tianyao a peck on his check before nestled in his chest again.
"Thank you for forgive ." And then Xiao Tianyao added. "I hope this is real this ti."
Senja chuckled upon hearing his last statent, her first forgiveness was a trick to escape from him, but since Modama was out there, lurking in the dark and tried to kill her, the idea to forgive Xiao Tianyao and went back to the fortress wasn't that bad actually.
She would co to find Yun after everything settled. It would be fine, since she knew exactly where she could find him now.
While hearing Senja chuckled, Xiao Tianyao's eyes darkened.
Modama was coming after him again and this ti he almost killed Senja with his own hand, but in the end he didn't. But, why? It didn't make sense.
However, one thing that he knew for sure was; Senja was in danger if Modama was targeting her. He could send a bunch of assassins like what he did to Luna or he would use him again to carry out his plan.
Based on Modama's personality, the last option was most likely the thing that he would do, he like a tragic ending and tortured his enemy emotionally.
"But, Tianyao it is strange" Senja seed has the sa thought as him. "Why he didn't kill ? He was just a step away from doing that."
Xiao Tianyao pushed Senja's head on his chest again and held her tighter, so Senja couldn't see the fear in his eyes, because the idea of losing her was scared him.
"I don't know we will find out about that." Xiao Tianyao said more to himself. Whatever the reason, he was glad that she was with him right now.
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