151 Centuries of Yearning

KIHO SOMEWHAT felt like his life was in danger as he watched the woman with snake eyes walk towards him.

But for some reason, he couldn't move.

"Don't cry, child," the strange woman told him. Then, she gently cupped his face between her hands and wiped his tears with her fingers. "Everything is eventually going to be back to normal, son."

""Son?""

He wanted to remove the woman's hands in his face but still, his body wouldn't listen to him. And those eyes that eerily resembled his…

… they were pulling him in.

"Won't you return to your mother's side now, my little Nystrom?"

Kiho wanted to say 'no' and push the woman that was giving him the creeps. But much to his frustration, he could only stand there and stare back at her golden snake eyes. What the hell is happening to me?!

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TILLY almost dropped the bowl of chocolate ganache when she felt a painful thump against her chest.