章 146: Scared, Yet I Want Him

(From Blue's Perspective)

"Aghhhhh!!!"

"What? What was that?" I asked, looking around. "I think it has come from ahead. Let's go."

I pulled Perita's hand before she could protest and advanced towards the origin of the scream. 

"Your Highness, please slow down. You're with a child..."

"Oh, right," I said but did not slow down much. But at that time, I had no idea what kind of horrifying sight I would see. 

"What...," I mumbled as my hands shot up over my mouth in shock. A head rolled and stopped right in front of me while a headless body lay in front of us with blood gushing out from the neck making a pool of blood on the floor. 

"What. Are. You. Doing. Here?" Dem asked, phrasing every single word separately as if he was suppressing his anger. 

He had a blood-dipped sword in his left hand and there were a few drops of blood on his ice-cold face. 

"I heard a noise..."