A Tale of Chase and Love s1

“Fine! I’m doing it now.” she shifted his right collar, revealing his fair collar bone and a part of his well-built chest but Theresa didn’t have time to look at or admire such a thing now.

She sunk her teeth into Long Ren’s flesh, biting hard until she tasted blood. Only then did she let go.

“There, I’ve bitten you on the shoulder. We no more know each other. You can go now. I’ll get to meet my parents on my own, without any help from you. You are free now,” Theresa said as she wiped out the blood on her mouth with her sleeve.

“This is my house!” Long Ren reminded.

“Yeah! I almost forgot that. I’ll leave then.” she marched out of the house, heading into the unknown.

Long Ren did not go after her. He just stood there watching her back and clenching his fists. When she was no more in sight, he roared and punched the wall which collapsed.

“Heavens, you are unfair! So unfair!”he sat on the floor and started crying.

Theresa did not care about where she was going anymore. She kept walking and didn’t know when she was sucked by a vortex that had just appeared 2 minutes ago. It was the very vortex that sucked Marabelle in.

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Back at the valley, Clark and Aarti, done with their moment of love, decided to face reality.

“How do we get outta here now?” Aarti asked.

Ju Wei appeared suddenly in front of them, scaring Aarti outta her wits.

“Ghost! Ghost! Clark, save me!” she cried as she hid behind Clark who laughed.

“Calm down, my dear. He won’t harm us!” Clark reassured her in German before turning to speak to Ju Wei in Chinese.

“So where did you go? Did you find my daughter?” he asked.

Aarti’s eyes suddenly widened.

“Oh no! How did I forget?” Aarti exclaimed.

“What happened?” Clark asked her in German.

“Marabelle. She’s at the cliff. Or maybe,”

“Ju Wei, please help us check if my daughter’s friend can be found nearby” Clark requested.

“Wait here,” Ju Wei said and then disappeared. He reappeared in less than two minutes.

“She’s gone. I detect that she’s been sucked by a vortex to the forbidden dessert.” said Ju Wei.

“What? “Clark exclaimed.

“What did he say?” Aarti asked Clark in German.

“She’s been sucked into a vortex,” Clark said sadly.

“To where?” Aarti asked.

“Forbidden Desert,” replied Clark.

“What place is that?” Aarti asked.

“What and where is the forbidden dessert?” Clark asked Ju Wei.

“Simply put, it is where the most dangerous and powerful beasts are hidden. Every minute spent there is a battle. I’m afraid…”Ju Wei paused.

“What are you scared about?” Clark asked.

“She’s probably dead. Forget about her. If you can’t, then just burn some paper money for her after preparing a grave and burying an empty casket inside.” Ju Wei said casually. Before Clark could have time to react, Ju Wei held his left hand and Aarti’s right hand.

“Let’s go,” Ju Wei whispered and all three vanished.

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Forbidden dessert.

This place really lives up to its name. It has blistering heat at some places and freezing cold at the remaining parts. It had no human lining in it except very strange powerful animals. Every now and then you’d hear different animal sounds even when you can’t see them.

Though the outside world was at night, here was as bright as day. Theresa who had just being delivered by the vortex couldn’t help but rub her palms together because she had landed in the cold part of the forbidden desert.

“Freezing! It’s too cold in here.” she muttered and struggled to stand on her feet.

The wind that blew was too chilly for her to bear and she fell down to the ground. This cold part doesn’t have snow. It’s just cold. Theresa looked at her right wrist and saw that the crest of the contract with Long Ren was still there.

“Shouldn’t it have disappeared? I ended the contract didn’t I?” she thought but was woken back to reality by the wind again.

“How am I gonna get outta here when I can’t even walk?” Theresa thought in frustration.

She scanned the area she was and found that the clouds were dark like it was about to rain and her face paled. If it rains in this condition that she was in, it is possible that she will die.

She struggled to get up but she kept falling. She didn’t even have a sword to help her since she was only interested in daggers and now she was paying the price for it. To worsen things, lightning struck and thunder bolted.

“Yeah! Bad luck follows me wherever I go.” Theresa said to her self.

In less than two minutes, rain began pouring but surprisingly it wasn’t chilly as Theresa expected. It was warm; close to being hot.

Theresa didn’t mind being drenched by the rain. At least, it could keep her alive and warm before help comes. That is, if help ever comes. She doesn’t expect Long Ren to save her anymore. To her, he is a dead person. He never existed and her heart is dead toward him.

On the other side of the forbidden desert, lay Marabelle, who was almost roasted by the heat but now that the rain fell, it was unexpectedly cold which was a relief to the unconscious Marabelle who had passed out from the heat.

The rain that is falling currently happens only when the two moons of Luo Ye appear or are about to disappear. Right now, the latter is happening in the outside world.

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Theresa’s home.

Three figures appeared at the secluded room in the home.

Aarti was shocked. She stared at Ju Wei with her mouth wide open.

“Tell your wife to close her mouth. She looks ugly that way; just like a dead fish!” said Ju Wei to Clark.

“Aarti, mouth closed, please,” said Clark to Aarti.

“Let’s face reality. How do we get Marabelle from that place?” she asked but Ju Wei just stared at her.

“What did she say?” Ju Wei asked Clark.NôvelDrama.Org owns this text.

“She asked how to save Marabelle,” said Clark.

“I already told you to burn paper money for her. Forget it! I brought you two here for a reason,” Ju Wei explained.

“What reason?” Clark asked.

“Your daughter who happens to be my great mistress…”

“What happened?” Clark asked in worry.