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Chapter 30

The Spy

Minho had enough, He twisted Muklan’s arm. Blue fire now covering Muklan’s arm.

Muklan opened and closed her eyes. And then she felt pain on her arm…So that’s what pulled her back…

“Han…Why did you do this?” asked Muklan staring at her injured arm.

“I hate it when I don’t know what’s happening.” Said Minho

Muklan grabbed her arm and put it back in order by twisting it in the opposite direction. Whe winced at the pain.

“I just wanted to give the princess a taste of what it will feel like to keep on living here. I want her to choose death over pain.” Said Muklan “And then I’ll get the core at the best condition possible.”

“What did you do to her?” asked Minho

“She’s still alive. But once she wakes up…she’ll be afraid to sleep again for a while.” Said Muklan smiling widely.

“Adah….take her to the dungeon.” Said Muklan

“Yes Mistress.” Said Adah

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Sulli saw the face of the child as the dragon is breaking his neck.

“Noooo!!!!” Sulli woke up. She felt cold cloth touching her forehead like someone is wiping her sweat away. And then she saw the hand. The ring finger has a mark…the person seemed to be wearing a ring for a long time and just took it off.

“Who are you?” asked Sulli. The hooded man who wiped Sulli’s sweat moved a few feet away.

“Where am I?”asked Sulli

“You’re caught by Mistress Muklan.” Said the hooded man. His voice a bit familiar.

“Who are you?” asked Sulli

“It’s better for you not to know.” Said the hooded man.

Sulli’s eyes narrowed. Who is this person?

“Are you also like them?” asked Sulli “A black dragon?”

“I am not sure. I am a confusing kind of creature.” Said the hooded man.

His voice is becoming more familiar.

Adah entered the dungeon.

“You are here?” asked Adah. “You haven’t paid respect to the Mistress and you went straight here. Who really has your loyalty? You can’t serve two Masters.” Said Adah

“Masters?” asked Sulli “I don’t even know him.”

Adah laughed and then stopped herself immediately. “Oh I didn’t mean to laugh. But since you’re going to die here, it’s better if you know who’s really among your friends are real….and who are just pretending. Open your eyes princess.” Adah placed a bowl of porridge on the floor.

“Eat up. The Mistress plans a lot more of her surprises for you later.” Said Adah and then she left.

“Don’t listen to her. Eat up. You need strength.” Said the hooded man.

The hooded man took the bowl from the floor and handed it to Sulli. Sulli immediately grabbed the hooded man’s arm and pulled the hood back. But the man’s hand was fast. He pulled himself back a  few feet from Sulli. The porridge fell to the floor.

“Don’t do that again. You won’t have food to eat now.” Said the hooded man. The hooded man went out.

Sulli looked at the porridge on the floor. The man’s hand was fast.

But not so fast as to prevent her from seeing something important.

She saw something that would help her know why the man’s voice is familiar….why even the ring mark on his hand is familiar too…

The man’s hair….is silvery white.

Sulli felt her chest tightening as tears fell from her eyes.

Being left behind once by a circle member was painful…but being betrayed …

No…she’s just thinking too much…here are a lot of people with that hair…But if her theory is right….

Why?

 What happened?

Why did he choose their side?

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Sulli is hungry.  And she’s weak…even when she’s sleepy, she can’t sleep…the memory of the nightmare is just too much….she can’t even close her eye for more than a second…or else she’ll see the face of the dying child.

Sulli heard the door of the dungeon opening and closing again.

Someone just entered.

It’s the hooded man again. He has a set of food on a tray.

“Eat this.” Said the hooded man

“Why do you serve Mistress Muklan? What is she to you?” asked Sulli

“Stop asking questions and eat.” Said the hooded man.

The hooded man brought out  a small bottle.

“Here. This might be helpful.” Said the hooded man.

And then he left again.

Sulli took the bottle and opened it. The smell of the liquid content is familiar…

Kai’s medicine…

Only Kai is mixing this kind of medicine.  And she had instructions from Kai to put the medicine on her wound which is not yet fully healed until now. This is Kai’s creation…

Sulli need not think further…

The hooded man…

Is part of the Circle. And it’s not hard to know who he is.

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Minho is standing on the roof. All night long, Sulli had been screaming in her sleep. She only stopped screaming when she woke up this morning.

She’s having a real bad time…she’s in pain…

Minho knew who are entering and leaving the dungeon. He can hear each conversation.

The spy had been in and out the dungeon. It seems he is taking care of her.

The weird thing is that Muklan has not taken action yet to take the core. Why? What is she waiting for?

Minho went down the dungeon when he felt Sulli had been silent for a long time. But when he arrived in the dungeon, Sulli is wide awake.

“You don’t sleep?” asked Minho

“I…am not in the mood to even close my eye.” Said Sulli

Muklan mentioned Sulli won’t be able to sleep. What did Muklan do actually?

Minho walked towards Sulli. In the moonlight he can see Sulli’s form…she had lost weight.

“You did not eat them all” said Minho referring to the tray of food that was barely touched.

“I have no appetite.” Said Sulli

“Are you just here waiting for your death?” asked Minho

“I’m here prepared to give it my all to convince you to