The Essence Of The Darkness
EOTL eps 16: Panic Attacks

Episode 2/6 of the week

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Nathan didn't wait for Xavier to catch up with him. He came out of Sera's treatment room, ignored the bodyguards on guard, then continued to walk through the hospital hallway and towards his study room which happened to be on the same floor.

The hospital floor is only open to VVIP patients with high levels of security and limited access that requires several layers of examination to be able to reach them. Therefore, the whole hall is very quiet, because at this time, only Sera is the occupant of one of the rooms available here.

With a single glance, Nathan glanced at Xavier who finally caught up out of the room and walked calmly behind him. Nathan then turned his head no further, opened the door of his study and sat down on the big chair behind his desk, waiting.

Shortly after, Xavier went into his study and without waiting any longer, Nathan immediately flocked him with various objections that were on his mind.

“By accepting him as your personal assistant, then he is an employee of Night Corporation! I don't know what past grudges bind you two, I don't care. But now that you've gone too far, not only have you burned down his house, you poisoned him! Do you think Akram would just shut up if he heard all this?”

Nathan immediately spouted out his sentence as Xavier stepped up to follow him into his room at this hospital. His eyes filled with accusation and reproach, preparing to attack.

Meanwhile, Xavier slams into the large sofa in Nathan's room, relaxed as if Nathan staring at him from behind his desk was no threat.

“By injecting poison, I perform normal procedures against everyone who works with me. And the poison is harmless, unless they try to betray me. Please if you want to complain to Akram. However, it was Akram who gave me the advice to take a step to restrain Serafina and get rid of all obstacles,” Xavier replied then casually.

Nathan watched Xavier's expression closely. This man in front of him was indeed cunning, but Xavier never lied when it came to integrity. If he said that Akram allowed all these things to happen, then it must be true.

For now, Nathan knows that he shouldn't interfere with what Xavier's doing, unless it's about human life.

“Serafina Moon is already on Night Corporation's list of employees as your assistant. If something happens to him, then the authorities will directly lead to you and it will also involve Night Corporation.”

“You can kill your anxiety, because there will be no authorities who can approach me. No one would dare to open their mouths if it concerned me,” Xavier said confidently.

“That's all because you threatened them or their relatives with poison. You poisoned that woman, didn't you? You even burned down his house. The Xavier I knew, would not do anything extreme to a woman, except when she wanted the woman,” Nathan concluded with a probing gaze.

“Are you referring to what I did to Elana? Yep. I used to want Lana, but when I found out that she belonged to my sister, then I killed this feeling.” Xavier narrowed his eyes, his gaze looking dangerous. “But for this one, he doesn't belong to anyone, so I'm free to have him.”

The door of the room opened just as the on-duty nurse was done removing the infusion hose from the back of Sera's hand.  Sera raised her gaze and her eyes instantly flashed with Xavier's eyes looking at her sharply as if piercing through a soul.

Somehow the cold immediately felt more intense when Xavier entered the room…

Sera watched the nurse who was taking care of her hands and found that there was no change in expression on the nurse's face. That means, the coldness that makes the hair stand up, obviously comes from the psychological pressure that is not comfortable with the presence of Xavier in this room.

The nurse paired a thin, round plaster to Sera's infusion container, then said goodbye politely while not forgetting to pray for Sera's health in the future. Xavier himself just stood silently watching until the nurse finished doing her job and left the room. Afterwards, the man stepped closer to the bed and placed something inside a large paper bag on the bed.

Sera, who was sitting beside the bed, took her wrists down, then looked at Xavier cautiously.

“This what?” ask a little ketus.

Xavier smiled triumphantly.

“Clothes for you. I asked my men to pick you casual clothes to wear.We're leaving this hospital. So, there's no way you're going home in hospital pajamas, right?”

Sera's stunned. His eyes glanced at himself who was wearing a light blue vertical striped pajama and knew that for this time, he would not be able to refute what Xavier had said.

Xavier fucking Light! After two failed attempts, the man finally managed to force Sera to wear the clothes she bought. This time, Sera was completely cornered, she had no other choice she could take.

Sera's hand took the large paper bag, and then carried the clothes into her lap. Afterwards, he raised his head and looked at Xavier with a reproachful look.

“Are you going to be shameless and choose to stay here even if you know I'm going to change?” the tanyanya is a little fierce.

Xavier raised an eyebrow. “You're my woman, aren't you? I like to see my women changing clothes, slowly taking off layer by layer with slow teasing. Because what does not open completely and peek a little it feels more interesting than what is exhibited completely without cover.”

Sera tightened her hand that was gripping the paper bag, held back so as not to get emotional and slapped the man again. Xavier seemed to have the happy nature of provoking others, and it was definitely not done on purpose. Xavier is very cunning, the man knows, that if emotions overwhelm a person, then that person will let his guard down and sometimes unknowingly lower his defensive walls.

After sighing deeply several times to ease his emotions and silence his own mouth so as not to retaliate for Xavier's provocation, Sera moved from sitting him on the edge of the bed.

“Where are you going?” Xavier asked half-holding a smile when he saw Sera pass by him.

Sera glanced in annoyance, looking at Xavier with a look of demeaning that was not covered up.

“To the bathroom to change clothes. I can't change clothes in the room because there are perverts who don't know themselves.”

After replying with a thick snide tone, Sera sped up the steps towards the bathroom and slammed the door hard on purpose.

When the bathroom door was closed, Xavier was still watching with a faint smile on his lips. He then took the opportunity alone to pull out his phone, and pressed the familiar name.

“Elios? Have you prepared it?”

Xavier immediately asked when he heard the voice of Elios speaking across the street.

“Already. Private jets are waiting at the airport. All permits are fully taken care of. You can leave early tomorrow.” Elios responded quickly, in his professional tone as a deft assistant.

He was usually asked to prepare a private jet suddenly for the sudden needs of his boss. Indeed, this time a little more complicated because Sera's passport was burned, making Elios had to move further to meet influential people, so that the administrative problems could be resolved without faltering.

And according to the schedule desired by Xavier, he managed to complete all the tasks assigned to him on time.

Elios does not ask why Xavier suddenly decided to go to Russia with his new assistant, for a little bit he already knew the background of the story of Xavier and Serafina Moon so that he could guess what Xavier was going to do there.

The man will come to the Dawn Family openly and will probably act as an angel of death for all of them.

“Good. Thank you Elios, I'll call you later if there's a problem.”

Xavier closed his phone, and was about to put it in his pocket when at the same time, there was a sound of something slamming broke with a loud noise from inside the bathroom.

Xavier's instincts instantly made him move quickly as if flying towards that bathroom door and opening it hastily.

Fortunately, Xavier held onto his words. Xavier's men seemed to choose clothes that were relaxed enough for Sera to wear. The shirt was made of comfortable cotton and was of a fairly normal size.Sera looked at the image of her own face in the mirror, watching the pale hue of her skin, and also some of the scars that had dried on his temple due to being hit by glass shrapnel as his helpers hit and broke the glass to release the window panels that were embedded in the walls of the house.

Sera frowned when she realized that the beautiful dress given by Xavier and the expensive jewelry that was in one box with her, had certainly burned to the ground in the fire. Sera had intended to return him immediately to Xavier for his pride, but now it seemed like he could not do so.

Thinking back about the fire made a streak of bad premonition flashed through Sera's mind.

When it awakens from the incident, Sera's clear mind still disappears, covered in a fog of unconsciousness that makes her unable to think as carefully as she is now. However, after Xavier showed his authenticity and stated that he had known Sera for a long time, he immediately thought that this fire had occurred due to Xavier's interference.

The house he lived in was old. However, the electrical installation in the housing is relatively new because it was only reinstalled a year ago. And because of living alone, Sera always tries to be disciplined by making sure not to turn on dangerous objects that can burn or explode when she leaves the house, or when she goes to sleep.

After all, until now he was treated, no one from the authorities or insurance came to visit him to collect information or evidence.

It was as if the fire was made to separate Sera from her previous world. Deleting all documents and files on behalf of himself, his clothes, his belongings, and all his memories from the past.

Thinking of it all, made Sera's heart shake wracked with fear.

Does Xavier... want to remove any trace of his existence from this world?

The question came out from the fear-stricken inner Sera, spread into the air and evaporated with the soul-torturing silence.

Back, the shadow of Anastasia's corpse hanging to death on the ceiling of the hospital room immediately ambushed him and haunted his soul. Eyes that bulged, tongue that stuck with bruises on his face and all over his body.

It was Samantha Dawn who proposed that Sera get a few hours each day, locked in a dark room filled with giant images filling the wall featuring the corpse of Anastasia, either when lying stiff in the morgue, or when first found hanging dead.

Samantha Dawn argues that Sera deserves it, because after all, her father took part in the terrible torture that made Anastasia finally choose suicide. Samantha also hoped that, seeing the abominations left in her tracks on Anastasia's corpse, it would be able to build up Seraphina's hatred for Xavier Light. But what Anastasia did not know, that what she did was a big mistake that could be a hindrance in her revenge efforts. Containing Sera in a dark room full of terrible photos, instead of successfully brainwashing Sera to hate Xavier, but instead fostering deep trauma and fear mixed with high levels of horror against Xavier Light.

All this time with all his might Sera tried to hide her fear from the Dawn family, because she was afraid to be considered useless as a weapon of revenge and her father would be finished off. That was why Sera used the help of medicine to suppress her panic attacks and fear when she had to deal with Xavier Light.

Thinking of it all making the nausea instantly roil in Sera's stomach, she clenched her hands to her mouth to endure it. But the waves of nausea came rolling up his digestive tract.

When the shadow of Anastasia's bruised corpse flashed like a movie glint in her brain, it was when her conscience screamed out the truth.

Serafina has been indoctrinated since adolescence for fear, hatred and revenge against Xavier. His soul seemed to be crushed, then reshaped only with the aim of becoming a tool of revenge for Samantha and Roman Dawn.

However, Serafina could not suppress her conscience that whispered nonstop to then alternately shout the truth as Seraphina's self-protection wall was off guard and could be entered.

Because after all, his father was involved in the torture and abuse experienced by Anastasia. All the bruises, wounds and all the horrible things that were plastered on Anastasia's body, were done by a band of criminals led by her father.

If so, what if indeed all the heinous acts committed by the criminals were the initiation of his father?

But his father always behaved like a good father at home. Perhaps outside of Salvatore Moon is the feared criminal leader, who is willing to commit any criminal act with money in return. Salvatore loved his family so much. He even changed his surname and hid his family's whereabouts to protect Sera and her mother.

His father had separated between his dark world and the light world that contained his family. Therefore, Serafina was convinced that her father, whom she knew, always embraced and held her tenderly and affectionately, was always looking at her mother's face with love, it would not be possible to allow such a cruel act to happen to a teenage girl who was almost the same age as her own daughter.

Xavier Light is the cause of it all. If he hadn't paid his father and his group to kidnap Anastasia, then none of this would have happened….

Sera felt her chest tight and her breathing hard, she frowned, trying to hold back so that the agonizing panic attack from the trauma called to the surface, did not come for a moment and completely controlled herself.

The cure was burning in the house…

Sera's heart started pounding, accompanying the cold sweat pouring profusely from her body as she felt her breathing grow congested. His gaze twisted and the nausea rolling grew stronger, rising in his throat, forcing him to gush out and drain his entire entrails.

Sera stepped back, staggered as she was unable to control her balance. Accidentally, his body nudged a small ceramic jar placed in the corner of the wall for decoration. The urn fell slammed onto the floor, and it immediately shattered into pieces with a loud noise.

Just a second later, the bathroom door opened. Xavier showed up there. The first time, his expression looked suspicious. Then, when he saw Serafina's condition, his face was filled with worry.

“You why?” Xavier caught Sera's staggered body and nearly fell face down, holding both hands to keep her standing.

“Medicine.. panic attacks…. I...,” Sera tried to speak to explain what happened to Xavier.

But it was a big mistake because he opened his mouth. It was the same as giving way for his nausea that had already pounded the limits of his defense, to drain the wriggling vomit he wanted to get out. Not to mention that at this time Sera's gaze met directly with Xavier's eyes, the vile man who was the source of her trauma. It made Sera's entire self-defense fort detached, making her unable to strengthen herself anymore.

And that's what happened, Serafina vomited vomit, gushed from her mouth to wet the front of the white shirt worn by Xavier.

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