Star Crossed In Time - Chapter 178

Ren continues to kneel in front of the burning house for another three days. His eyes had lost all hope as nothing but a pile of ash is left but it still continues to burn. He had hoped that the man in white had spoken the truth but nothing has changed.

Nothing but the burning fire is reflected in his dead eyes as night slowly descends. Suddenly, he hears something. Numbly, he looks to the middle of the fire but freezes when the fire suddenly turns blue and black!

The heat increases, causing him to flinch and jump back. What is happening now?? He squints against the eerie blue-black flames but when a dark figure is suddenly seen standing up in the middle, his heart beats faster.

The dark figure seems unbothered by the blue-black flames as it slowly walks forward. Ren feels a cold chill run down his spine when he suddenly feels an enormous amount of foreign power coming from the dark figure. W.. who?

The dark figure steps through the wall of blue-black flames but comes to a stop at the edge and looks around with a cold glare. Ren falls to his knees in a mixture of happiness, fear, confusion, but mostly awe. Bai Lei’s handsome face looks even more perfect as his red eyes blaze with an intensity that causes your soul to shake.

Blue-black flames lick up his long legs but he looks completely unbothered by it. Even his black robes look untouched… Bai Lei’s red eyes land on Ren, causing Ren to flinch. Why was Master so freaking terrifying!? He was always a little scary but this… this is terrifying!!

Bai Lei suddenly appears before Ren with wisps of black mist, making Ren flinch. “Get ready to go get her.” Bai Lei says in a commanding voice that Ren has no choice but to listen to. He felt the command deep within his bones! Ren swallows hard as he struggles to say “Y.. your Mother… She’s..”

Before he can finish, Bai Lei’s gone. Ren crumbles and clenches his fists as he tries to calm his racing heart. Was this really his Master? What happened?? Ren quickly shakes his head and quickly gets ready. His Master was back and now they could go get Nova! That’s all that matters right now! He’ll ask questions later.

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Bai Lei appears in his Mother’s room and walks over to her sleeping form. His red eyes look over his mortal Mother with a gentle look before leaning down and placing a soft kiss on her forehead. A pulse of energy is released, instantly smoothing out her scrunched up eyebrows.

“I’ll be back with Nova, Mother.” He says before disappearing again. Lady Xue slowly opens her eyes calling out “Bai Lei…” Her headache and heart no longer hurt. She slowly sits up and looks around her empty room with confusion. She could have sworn she heard him… She calls out to her maid and watches with a kind smile as the older woman breaks down in tears. “You’re awake!” She cries out in happiness.

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I walk into the grand room and watch as everyone stops to watch me. I ignore their looks and walk to the throne as my blood-red dress trails behind me. Men and women lean in as I walk by, wanting to touch and smell me.

Jiang watches me walk to him with hungry eyes and lifts his hand out to me. I take his hand and walk up the steps, allowing him to seat me right beside him, just like the last time. Jiang turns back to the people and says “Let the fun begin!” They cheer as the sensual music begins to play.

Jiang sits down on his throne and lifts a cup filled with a red liquid to his lips. That wasn’t wine… He downs the whole thing before leaning back in his chair saying “The dress looks perfect on you. I picked it out just for you.” I give him an amused smile and say “Looks like you have good taste.”

He gives me a dark smile as he says “It helps when the woman is as beautiful as you are. Anything would look good on you… or nothing at all.” I tilt my head to the side as I watch him closely. This was the first time he wanted to do more than just makeout.

A dark smile crawls across my face as I say “You’d have to offer something too good to pass up.” His laughter draws the attention of some of the guests as he says “Then I’ll make sure to give you everything you desire.” I nod my head and look back to the people down below. Looks like tonight is the night I kill him.

Suddenly, a guard walks up and lowers his head to whisper something to Jiang. I ignore them and sip on the clear wine in my cup. Jiang smirks and nods his head and whispers something to the guard. The guard bows and takes off, leaving an amused smile on Jiang’s face.

The people below start making out and groping each other as dark sensual energy starts spreading through the air. I take a deep breath but it wasn’t very potent. I pout and grab another glass of sweet wine.

The guard from before is suddenly back, making me turn to look with a frown. Was something happening? Jiang’s amused smile slowly fades as he whispers something back to the guard. The guard has a grim look on his face as he nods his head and turns to leave.

Jiang turns to me with a dark smile saying “Come here, my Queen.” I lift a dark brow in question but knowing that he always gives me dark energy, I stand up and walk to him. He pulls me into his lap and tucks his head close to my neck saying “Tonight’s party is about to get so much more interesting, my beautiful Queen.”

I slightly frown at his words but when he releases some of his dark energy, I don’t really care anymore. He drags his nose along my neck as his arms lock me in his lap. Suddenly, the large doors to the grand room burst open, causing some of the guests to scream as the music comes to a stop.

A guard runs forward with blood all over him and says “Emergency my King! A mad man is literally killing everyone!” I look to the man with irritation as Jiang sighs and says “It’s just one man, kill him.” The guard shudders and says “He’s… he’s like a devil. He’s ripping our men apart with his bare hands… we can’t kill him.”

Jiang grits his teeth in anger and says “Then attack him together! Are you all incompetent idiots? Must I tell you how to do everything!? Make sure the idiot doesn’t disturb the party.” The guard looks conflicted but he bows and quickly leaves the room.

Jiang turns to the musicians and says “I don’t care what happens, if you want to live past tonight, you’ll keep playing, understand?” The musicians quickly nod their heads as the sensual music begins playing again. Jiang trails his fingers up my bare back as he says “No matter what happens, you stay in my lap tonight.”

He releases a little of his dark energy as the guests go back to dancing and enjoying themselves. I sigh and say “As long as you keep giving me your energy, I won’t move from this spot.” Jiang’s smile turns dark as he says “As my queen desires…”

After another thirty minutes or so, some of the guests are already naked and going at it as Jiang traces lazy circles on my lower back, feeding me his delicious dark energy. Between him and the sexual energy, I’m on cloud nine when a guard’s mangled body suddenly flies across the floor before coming to a stop at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the throne.

I turn and look down at the dead body without a flicker of emotion in my solid black eyes. Jiang’s hand stops as he looks from the dead guard and then up to the large doors. I follow his gaze and watch as Bai Lei strolls into the large room like he owns it, red eyes blazing as they land on me.

His power wraps around the room causing the others to quickly run out for their lives. The guards charge at Bai Lei but he doesn’t bat an eye at them. A guard pulls out his sword and swings down at Bai Lei, intending to kill him on the spot. Bai Lei reaches out and grabs the blade before the whole thing shatters like glass.

The guards all come to a sliding stop as the one guard stares down at the handle of his sword in disbelief. Bai Lei flicks his finger at the guard, causing the guard’s head to fly straight off. The other guards all begin stepping back as Jiang lazily reaches up to my neck. Stroking the back of it with his dark energy as he says “Kill him.” To his guards.

The guards grit their teeth and attack but only after taking a few steps, they come to a stop with a look of shock on their faces. Suddenly, they all burst into flames before turning into ash within just seconds. I hear Jiang’s dark chuckle behind me as Bai Lei turns to look at us.

Bai Lei’s red eyes look me over as Jiang says “A deity? Or are you something else? Hah.. it doesn’t matter, I really don’t care. Why have you come and disturbed my party tonight?” Bai Lei ignores the man as the two of us lock eyes.