When she opened her eyes, Jade was in a large cavern.A witch sat on a black throne with sharp edges, conversing with her minions in a strange language. But as she listened, the meaning behind the words gradually became clear in her mind.“Who are you?”She recognised the witch as the ‘ancient evil’ in her dreams, but the witch hadn’t divulged her name to her yet. Fearful of judgement, she hadn’t told any of her companions about the dream she had before.The witch just let out a loud cackle. One of her henchmen, a human-like male but with horns, descended from the stairs and answered Jade impatiently.“It’s Her Highness Ximanka!”Ximanka. Xima. She was none other than the feared witch in the dreams of the civilians of Shangyi?Jade cowered in fear with her conjecture.“Yes, my dear Jade. You got that right, I am none other than her.” The witch smiled slyly, radiating seductive vibes all around that stunned her henchmen and left them watering at t

Chad had walked for some distance away before realising his blunder, but when he got back to the spot he left Jade at, she was gone.He knew he had to be captured, because no ordinary person, be it a layman or an expert, could undo the magic ropes he had used to bind Jade with. That person would need to excel over his level. And such a master couldn’t have appeared in such a short time.He reflected on what had happened earlier in the forest. It was extraordinary how Jade’s pulse was gone, as if her soul had left her body. The magic jade pendant belonging to Sky had proved to work wonders, when placing it on her chest had brought her back to life. But she still seemed in a daze, and unable to respond to him, so he had cuddled her close and called out her name repeatedly.Fortunately, she responded.It dawned upon him he was jealous. He was displeased with how Jade had placed so much importance on getting to Sky that she neglected her own injuries. While he was just her toy, someone to

“So, that’s it? You let her die out there?”Sky chided his brother. Chad could see how mad he was, but since losing his powers, he was a lot weaker. He eventually had to carry him on his back out of the camp, since he couldn’t use his martial arts to run anymore.The worst thing was that Sky had no memory of how they had taken his art from him.“Did we have any choice?” he replied silently.Chad saw Sky sitting angrily on the ground of the forest. Even though they were out of the bandit’s turf, it was surprising that the army never gave chase to them. Chad knew it was because their target was Jade. Even if their leader couldn’t have any intimacy with Jade, he had humiliated her and ordered her a beating. It pained his heart that he had to leave her in their hands, just because she wanted them to be safe.This would have all not happened had he taken proper measures to ensure their safety at the cottage. Instead, he was bothered with finding ways to tease Jade and make her submit to h