The Essence Of The Darkness
EOTL eps 42: Fatal
“You're gonna kill me?”
Aaron's voice sounded uncontrollably trembling. He had no idea that Xavier would take this quick decision to take his life. He still wants to live, he still has a dream to master the entire wealth of the Dawn Family. He did not want to die silly just for a trivial reason like Serafina Moon.
“I've given you a chance to live before. I even let you keep breathing because your life is precious to Sera. But you tried to make plans behind my back, not only that, you also tried to drag Sera down with you. Good thing my wife is quite clever and wise, can choose wisely on which side is the most correct.” Xavier grinned, looking very satisfied. “What's for sure, not on your side,” he continued mocking.
Regarding that, Aaron still could not believe it. But now, seeing Xavier confidently say he will take his life, proving plainly that Sera has indeed switched sides, ungrateful and has no intention of defending him.
The Sabina giving tool he gave to Sera was also clearly a two-way communication tool so that Sera should be able to reply or respond to his message by sending a message to him using the tool. But Sera did not do it. Perhaps the cheap woman was too busy spending her time in bed with her monster-like husband to forget all the services she had given him in the past.
In spite of the fact, all the help he had given in the past to Sera was not sincere assistance, but it was planned to create a position of himself as an important person who can be trusted in Sera's heart in the hope that he will be able to control the woman in the future.
They've been manipulating and brainwashing Sera for years to make her think that Aaron is her savior angel and Xavier is a terrible enemy to fear and hate for being so cruel. But, in just a short matter of time, Sera suddenly threw away everything that was ingrained in her over the years and chose to take the opposite path to their original plan.
Their entire efforts over the years were ravaged in just the blink of an eye. And all because of this fucking Xavier Light.
Is it true that people say that Xavier is very skilled at manipulating and can make people submit to him? Or did the man use his physical charm to ensnare Sera?
Aaron regrets letting Sera remain innocent with no experience when they sent her to approach Xavier. Aaron refrains from touching Sera because Roman Dawn said Xavier would be more interested in the innocent, inexperienced type of woman. Though, he knew how amazed Sera was to him. With little appeal for Sera, Aaron is convinced that she will easily fall into his arms without a fight.
But it's too late now. His life is on the edge and the only way to save himself is….
Aaron gulps, thinking hard, looking for a loophole to find an opportunity for him to escape the death ultimatum dropped by Xavier.
His eyes were pushy, following Xavier's movements as the man used his cell phone to call his men. Two of Xavier's men stepped in, one pulled the nightstand in the room closer to Xavier and lifted the tray with Aaron's food marks and took him out and handed him to another. While the other who carried the black box in his hand, with a quick movement immediately put the box on the nightstand.
Xavier gestured to his two available men, and they swiftly moved, charging towards Aaron, blocking both his arms on the left and right, then forcing Aaron from his position of rest, not caring for Aaron who thrashed and tried to escape, then half dragged Aaron and brought him in front of Xavier.
“I will inject you with a murderous liquid that is arguably ineffective,” Xavier chuckled as he opened the black box. The aura that was released from his body while speaking felt terrible, making my feathers stand up. “Why do I say this poison is ineffective? Because, although this poison can kill you a hundred percent, but the process of death is very long.”
Xavier grinned. “You could say, this poison is not effective for killing quickly, but it is very effective for torturing humans. These toxins contain small molecules identical to pyrogen molecules in the body, which are compounds produced by bacteria or the body's defense system that have a function to trigger the thermostat in the body. This molecule is what makes the hypothalamus tell the body to try to reach the target temperature of the thermostat through various processes to produce heat. However, because this molecule is a thousand times more aggressive than pyrogen, the temperature target determined by this thermostat is so high that the body will aggressively use all means to achieve it." Xavier paused his sentence for a moment to make sure Aaron could digest his words, before resuming,
"You're going to shiver, your heart rate and blood pressure increase drastically, your body's cells burn massively, so it feels very painful, as if burned from within.” Xavier narrowed his eyes, scanning Aaron who looked increasingly frightened as his sentence grew. “At the end, when the specified body temperature is reached, you will die with total damage inside your body.”
Xavier then took out a small tube with a golden-colored liquid inside, lifting it before the terrified Aaron as if showing off his masterpiece.
“The golden color of this poison, obtained from the vanilla extract that I accidentally added to it. The aroma is very fragrant and soft, creating a deceptive harmless feel. This toxin is tasteless, colorless and will only give vanilla flavour to the food. But, for now, I'd rather inject it directly into your bloodstream.” Xavier prepared his syringe with an effective gesture, then gestured to his men. “Bring him here.”
His men immediately brought Aaron closer. One blocked Aaron's body while the other took Aaron's arm before then forcefully pulling the arm and bringing it closer to Xavier who was ready with his syringe.
People say, when humans are in a precarious state between life and death, the, the energy that appears to try to save lives will overflow beyond the limits of reason.And that is what is now happening to Aaron.
Aaron knows that he has an effective secret weapon, he also knows that the proximity of his position to the position Xavier stands when this is what determines whether he will succeed in doing his point or not.
And in that decisive second, recklessness made Aaron do everything he could to save his life. He had clasped the mini-phone silently in his hand. Its minuscule size was enough to keep it hidden in its fist without being caught. Luckily Xavier seemed to be consumed by the desire to kill Aaron is very strong, so the man did not think to confiscate the mini phone from Aaron's hands.
Perhaps, Xavier decided to take the phone later from the corpse of Aaron who had died because he thought the mini phone was harmless.
Aaron is sure that Xavier must have checked the mini phone in Sera's hands, until the man thinks that what Aaron brought must be exactly the same as Sera's, it is only used to exchange messages and is not a dangerous object.
But Xavier was wrong. It must be very wrong.
A stifled grin appeared on Xavier's lips as his mind thought that he had managed to trick the crafty man.
When giving the mini phone to Aaron, Sabina said that this phone can be used in urgent conditions as a means of self-protection. There is a small button on the phone that when pressed will push a very sharp small blade with a large damaging effect emerging from the side.
When one of Xavier's men forcefully pulled his left hand and brought Aaron's hand closer to Xavier to receive an injection, Aaron exerted all his strength to thrash, stomping with all his might and successfully doing so.
His right arm was finally able to break free from the rest of Xavier's men's checks, and without wasting any more time, his right arm holding a mini-phone that had switched functions into a dagger's handle instantly swung, swinging, accompanied by his body jumping forward, storming towards Xavier, so very quickly – without Xavier had dodged – directly managed to stick the knife right into Xavier's chest.
Xavier widened his eyes, surprised by Aaron's sudden movements. His hand moved to touch the knife that was stuck in his chest with widened eyes, feeling warm blood rush straight out, vanishing from the knife wound on his chest, he said, it seeped into his clothes to create a stream of fresh blood that flowed uncontrollably from there.
Meanwhile, Xavier's men immediately moved swiftly, they caught Aaron, curled him up, beat him violently until Aaron's body fell on the floor, and held the man there. The punch received in Aaron's head was so loud that it made Aaron faint instantly. The man lay there, unconscious while two of Xavier's men were still awake curling up his weakened body.
The commotion inside the room made the other Xavier men run around, and their eyes widened when they saw that their boss was standing with blood pouring from his wounds.
Xavier has aplastic anemia in which his body is unable to produce enough blood cells, be it red blood cells, white blood cells, and also, platelets. Platelets that play a role to help form blood clots, to slow or stop bleeding, and wound healing. Although Xavier had taken his own homemade medicine to maintain his condition, the number of platelet cells he produced was below normal, which made the bleeding in Aaron's stab wound intensify over time.
Xavier knew he had to get help. Otherwise the result will be fatal.
Right now his eyes were already twitching and the consciousness entrenched in his brain was only a little left. He must act quickly.
Quickly. Xavier turned his head towards his men and gave a firm order.
“Doctor Nathan. Ask him to bring a medical helicopter here. Tell me I'm bleeding heavily.”
After successfully saying his orders, Xavier's body faltered, unable to maintain its balance. One of his men tried to support him, but it was too late. Xavier's body collapsed, unable to maintain consciousness.
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Sabina managed to reach the top floor of this large warehouse which was in the form of an open attic covered with very large concrete. His steps were quick and silent as he approached a small box building all sides of which were made of concrete walls in the middle of the vast attic area.
He then found a small door inside the rectangular-shaped building. The door was made of steel and looked very heavy. Sabina guessed that the door was a path to the stairs that connected the topmost attic area of the building with the floor below.
He touched the door slowly, carefully. After that, he pushed the door open. Unfortunately, as Sabina expected, the door was locked tightly from the inside, unable to be opened from the outside.
Sabina took some time to stand in front of that door and weigh in. This door is made of thick bullet-proof steel. Sabina might be able to try to shoot him, but it was quite dangerous, as it was certain that the sound of a bullet hitting with steel would cause a commotion that would probably attract the guards to come to this attic.
Sabina's busy mind searching for a way to get inside the warehouse came to a halt when a rumbling sound came close. His head turned, following the direction of the sound and shock instantly overpowered him when he saw a helicopter flying closer, making his body reflexively instantly search for a place hidden in the shadows behind the box-shaped building.
His hand grabbed his gun and prepared it vigilantly, while his body lay on its stomach, lying on top of the layer of concrete floor slapping in the attic. Sabina hoped that her dark clothes would rub against her surroundings until her presence in the attic of this warehouse was not visible from the helicopter that lit her bright lights illuminate the entire attic area.
Why is there a helicopter here? Has Sabina been found out?
The rumbling sound of footsteps rang out from down there, and Sabina's attention returned when the sound of the steel door being opened wide and from the clattering of steps she heard, Sabina guessed that dozens of people were pouring out right at the time the helicopter landed on the front side of the box building, blocking Sabina's view so she could only rely on her sense of hearing to guess, without being able to see what really happened.
The helicopter did not come to ambush him.
Judging from the helicopter pilot who did not seem to bother to turn off the engine, it seems that the helicopter is preparing to leave again after whoever was driving it came here, completing the purpose of coming to this place.
Driven by her overflowing curiosity, Sabina ignores her self-security protocols. He got up from his prone position, crept while still holding his gun and shifted his body to move to the side of the box building and tried to peek.
It seemed that everyone was busy raising something onto the helicopter and the whole bustle was centered there.
Sabina gulped, then decided to take the risk one more time and moved around the box building. He peeked and saw the box building opened wide without any guards. Everyone seemed to be busy writhing around the helicopter, thus loosening the security at the entrance area that was directly connected to the descending stairs.
Without wasting any more time, Sabina leapt inside that door and dashed quickly down the stairs to find a safe place to hide before she carried out her intention to take Aaron from here.
Still heard the sound of the helicopter hardening, indicating that the vehicle had returned to the air away. His curiosity about the purpose of the helicopter was in this place was disturbing, but Sabina threw away the question in her heart.
He had a chance to enter this building. Now he has to find where Aaron was locked up and get him out of here.
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When Sera came out of the bathroom, she frowned when she saw the servants busy in front of her open wardrobe. Sera's hair was still wet and she wrapped her body in Xavier's large, elongated towel covering her mid-calf.
Curiously, Sera approached to see what the servants were doing, and her eyes widened when she saw that the servants were arranging the clothes in her closet. The number is quite large until the pile is mountainous and on the other side of the closet in the form of clothes hangers, the hangers are full of various kinds of dresses that are carefully arranged based on the gradation of colors. Likewise, one side of the closet used to store her underwear, everything is complete filled with black, white underwear and the dominance of pastel colors that are very beautiful to the eye.
“Good morning Madam, before leaving earlier, Mr. Light instructed to keep these clothes back in your closet.” One of the young-looking female servants greeted him in an innocent tone and full of respect.
Sera frowned. He knew that Xavier had left this house early in the morning for a mysterious affair he didn't even want to know about. When Sera woke up this morning, the man was no longer on the side of his bed, leaving crumpled sheets but had cooled down, indicating that the man had left the bed a long time ago, that's not what Sera's attention is. He was interested in the sentence spoken by the waiter and asked to make sure to come back.
“What do you mean by saving these clothes back? Where was this outfit?”
The two maids who were inside the room looked awkward and confused to answer. Their eyes threw each other a look full of signals and warnings. But finally, the one who spoke, decided to be honest.
“Before you arrive, there is an instruction from Mr. Light to move your entire outfit to the closet in the next room. Earlier this morning, Mr. Light ordered us to return the clothes to their original place,” the waiter explained in a timid tone.
Sera widened her eyes and inevitably felt exasperated half-dead to Xavier. The man had raided her last night, putting her in an uncomfortable position of not having a change of clothes, not even underwear!
Xavier even forced her to wear her clothes and also her second-hand boxer without underwear!
Just be careful, if Xavier comes home later, Sera will confront him and be furious with the man.
But for now, Sera did not want to waste her energy to get angry. There were many dresses with beautiful colors inside the hangers of her closet, and Sera was eager to wear the magenta one this time.
He asked the maid for help to get her the dress, then put it on happily.
The dress was plain, with simple sleeves without accents and a sabrina collar that perfectly matched Sera's slim but notched body proportions. The upper part wrapped the body properly, then widened at her waist to the middle of her calf, looking very beautiful wrapped her body.
Sera had just put on her clothes when the door of her room opened, making her frown and turn her head when the figure she knew was the butler in this house, came with a cell phone in her hand.
The butler's face looked anxious and pale, casting a bad premonition in Sera's mind.
“Please accept this phone, Madam. Emergency nature. I have prepared the car in front.” The butler's head spoke with a slightly restrained tense tone.
Inevitably, Sera received the phone and picked it up. His voice was weak and confused when he voiced his greetings to anyone who called him across the street.
“Sera?” The soft voice that greeted him across there sounded familiar and took Sera a few seconds to recognize it. It was Elana's voice. “You should go to the hospital now. Please. Xavier was injured and suffered a fatal hemorrhage. His condition is critical.”
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TITLE: The Fragrance Of Frozen Plum Blossom
AUTHOR: YOZORA
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