Chapter 291: Final Arc (Part IX)*

Xioalei was rendered mute as she looked at him with wide eyes. 

"You were… you…" she stammered, unable to even form a coherent sentence. She was so shocked her lips began to tremble. 

"I remember it Xiaolei," he whispered in a pained voice as he looked at her. "I've lost you to him once and I…" his jaws worked and pain and anger flashed momentarily in his dark eyes. "I can't lose you again… I can't –"

"You remember?" Xiaolei cut him off. "You remember our past life…"

His eyes held hers and there was utter silence for a moment. Then he nodded. 

"Yes," he finally confessed. "I remember them like they were nightmares. And I know they're not just mere nightmares. I could feel all those… truly… happened and it always, always scared me every time." His voice choked and fear gleamed in his eyes again. 

"You saw the past in your dreams…" 

"Yes. And I had the feeling that you saw something too."