The Love that Never Really Dies

All he saw was a splash of crimson. Before he could process what was going on, the woman in his grasp went limp and fell over.

He froze, unable to comprehend strength of such caliber.

Not only that, she was vicious, too. Sasha targeted an acupoint, which allowed her to break free of his hypnosis. However, unbeknownst to her, this acupoint was also her Achilles’ heel.

“Sasha.” Sebastian appeared as she collapsed.

He replayed the moment in shock. In a flurry of movement, he was on his knees, heaving Sasha up from the pool of her own blood.

“Sasha, can you hear me? Wake up!” Sebastian gasped, fighting his raggedy breath to form words. His greatest fear was becoming a reality. He called her name over and over again, with each passing repetition diminishing in hope.

Sasha was unresponsive to his pleading. She lay in his arms, blood still spewing unrestrainedly from the gash on her left temple.

“You will be fine.” Sebastian fought back his tears. “Nothing will happen to you. Nothing!”

He carried her out of the door to head to a hospital. As she swayed in the motion of his stride, Sasha’s delicate rhinestone hairpiece fell from her wound and shattered in the pool of blood.

blood stabbed him in the eye.

gasped at the pain in his head, as though a long-forgotten memory was being forcefully reopened.

was you! The man she was referring

at the realization that

lie you told yourself about your split personality; didn’t he do the same thing? Was it blood? A knife? Are you… a

unafraid, having already given

on his knees, he stepped forward slowly, with a joyous and maniacal glint in his eyes, like Columbus

soon as he was close enough, Sebastian looked up to face him. The psychologist recoiled from the intensity of Sebastian’s

reached out with a bloody hand and grabbed hold of his neck. A crack

horror was

who witnessed the scene gasped in

He surveyed the scene for an instant before deciding to send Sasha to

to his son, who was

“Sebastian.”

did not seem to hear his father’s voice. His handsome features were void of life

ever discover your secret,” Frederick told