Time up.

His fingers caressed her jaw as he pulled her closer such that his breath was fanning her face making her heart thump wildly in her chest. " Would you like to die in her hands or mine? I will be kind but she won't, maybe you can count it as me being merciful to you, princess." 

Who was this she about whom he was talking about? Yin Zhu questioned in her head but that question did not stay long in her head as she heard the latter half of his sentence and her eyes widened in shock and surprise as she shook her head and quaked, " I .. I don't want to die." 

She looked at the eyes of the man who did not smile but stared at her with those bright eyes which were filled with nothing but a strange calmness which made her shiver.