Heart Of Stone - Episode 103&104&105

 

HEART OF STONE

Heart Of Stone - Episode 103&104&105

 (..Sold•To•The•Pit•Of•Hell..)

All rights reserved 

No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied, or reposted in any form, or by any means without a written permission from the author.

Copyright © 2025.

By: Naomi Cindy B.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★a

"Sh...ay...la?"

His bones froze, more than it does whenever he was frozen back then. His tongue seemed to form a immovable carpet under his mouth.

After he stuttered that name, he couldn't say anything else.

His blood surely froze with his bones, cos he wasn't feeling the circulation anymore. His feet vibrated inside his shoes, and his eyes dwindled.

Caspian's palm rubbed Shayla's hip, up to the waist as they walked side-by-side.

She's not smiling, but it's very obvious she likes it, and she's madly comfortable.

She's beautiful—lethally beautiful with the dark shade of her eyeshadow, and the tiny diamond ring on top of her nose.

Rivera came in behind them, carrying Shayla's purse and at the same time leading a group of bodyguards who're working for them.

They surrounded the restaurant, and Rivera particularly stood behind their designated table.

Caspian pulled out a chair, and Shayla sat on it after blowing him a finger kiss.

The blindfolded servers moved closer, displaying the catalogue they're carrying.

Shayla took one, scanning through the boring paper before chosing beet salad with feta and blue wine.

"A serving for me, and another one for my man. He'd have whatever I have," she clarified, and the servers left to get them ready immediately.

That was when Caspian faced Ryker and Lilith who have been standing rooted like statues the whole time.

A devilishly calm smile rubbed on his face as he stared at Ryker whose eyes are still on Shayla, and it's exactly the look he expected to see on his face.

Shock.

After Ryker killed himself with Shayla a thousand years ago, Caspian had left Luminaria with dead hopes, thinking it was really the end.

The ice mantle didn't return to his body, and that sucked any hope that was left in him.

He spent less time on women and focused more on expanding his company, and it worked for him.

Frost H2O isn't in existence anymore.

Presently, Cold-Hearted is the largest and the most patronized jewelry brand in the whole world.

Then that day came like a dream. It was Halloween two years ago. 

He met Shayla at an ice skating rink where she came to spend time with her family members.

She's from the rich Pierce family in this lifetime, and her parents are strict business people who invested in his company.

What more? 

She's not with memories of her past life at Luminaria, and that made their relationship easy to develop.

His beautiful Katherine isn't a soft fool in this lifetime. 

She's hotheaded, full of herself and wicked. Heavy on that wicked part.

She's the same person who choked a guy till death cos he stared at her too much, so wicked isn't even enough.

And... she's obsessed with him just as much as he is with her.

Her parents are in full support, and they had a meet last week where they picked the wedding date, so they had to start the preparations early.

Since the start of their relationship, he has been hoping for a day to meet Ryker so he'd show him who's the boss after all, and that day finally came today in this Rado Cuisine.

He only booked this company as the wedding planner cos he heard the company rendered the best, he had no idea Ryker owned it.

But now that he's looking at Ryker, poor and wretched and faded, he's so full of joy that he could kill every server in this place right now just to show how happy he really is.

"And why the hell are you staring at my wife-to-be? Ryker Morozov!" He barked when he finally got to Ryker.

Ryker didn't move, and he still didn't blink. His eyes are still on Shayla on, only on her.

"Boss" Lilith nudged him, but it did nothing to alert him.

He's too lost.

In anger, Caspian picked the flower vase on the table.

He brought it down to Ryker's head, crashing it without mercy.

Blood flowed, and Ryker fell on his knees in front of the man-slut.

Drip. Drip.

His blood reached the ground, zigzagging on his face and neck, lining his lips and chin.

"Boss!!!!" Lilith quickly knelt beside him, shocked.

Shayla's food arrived at the same time, and she picked her cutlery, having a taste from the meal.

As she chewed, she looked up, and her eyes met with Caspian's.

"You know him?" She asked pointedly, referring to Ryker on the ground.

"No babe. Why would I know a eyesore like him? He simply just looked at you, and you know how mad I get when another person takes a glance," Caspian replied.

"You're so sweet," Shayla replied with a small cruel smile, taking her eyes to Ryker who's already crying with the blood and everything. He's still on his knees, and when his eyes met with Shayla's, he sniffled.

"Why is he not blindfolded like the rest of the servers? His eyes are somehow unpleasant to look at." Shayla scoffed, spreading her palm.

From the back, Rivera placed a long black blindfold on her palm, and she stood, walking slowly to where Ryker knelt in blood.

She slid behind him and draped the blindfolded on his eyes from behind, tying it so hard and his eyeballs nearly popped to the ground.

"It's better now, those icky eyes are under the folds," she took a deep breath, facing Lilith.

Her expression soured up real quick, like she's bipolar or something.

"You weren't blindfolded too? Why?" She pulled out a gun, ready to fire her down.

Lilith quickly sat on the ground, freezing fearfully.

"We only came here to sign a deal with you cos we got an invitation from your fiance! Please don't shoot me! Your fiance already smashed a flower vase on my boss's head! I don't wanna die! I promise after leaving this place, I'll delete your face from my memories forever! I swear I didn't see you!" 

Shayla slid her finger under the deadly curved trigger, and Lilith peed on herself.

"No no no!!! Please don't shoot me!!! I have a mom to take care of!!!" 

Even the servers who're serving the dishes are shaking.

Ryker is still on his knees, not seeing anything but her voice is echoing in his ears as she spoke like a maniac.

And Caspian? He looks like he's having the time of his existence as he sat like a king on top of the table, grinning with a wine glass to his lips and a cigarette on his other hand. 

This can't get any better.

Seeing Ryker defeated on his knees wasn't on his bingo list for tonight, but it's happening, some cinema standard show.

Shayla pulled the trigger anyways, and as the gunshot tore through the air, the bullet pierced Lilith's arm, making her scream out, bleeding as she grabbed the arm to hold.

Within a minute, she was bleeding all-over her dress, and she's crying.

"Bravissimo!" Caspian shouted, jumping down from his table with yet another grin.

His woman is entertaining him, and it's worth every moment.

Shayla crouched in front of Lilith, her empty eyes clashed with Lilith's scared ones.

"If I give you like three million,...no....let's make it six million. I'll give you six, will you let me shoot you again? On the thigh this time." She whispered.

Lilith shook her head, shifting back on her butt as her tears rushed.

"No... you're a... you're sick! You're very sick!!!!"

Shayla bursted into laughter, facing Caspian who's now beside her.

"I'd have loved to have more fun, but my fans are waiting." She said.

"They'd wait till 4 for you, they're too obsessed so don't rush!" Caspian replied, his grinning paused.

"When I say I'm leaving, don't try to persuade me, Pian. You know I dislike being patronized." She smiled, adjusting his tie.

Caspian smiled. "Of course, we can leave. I hate seeing you frown."

Shayla snapped her fingers at Rivera, and the girl gave her a small pamphlet.

Shayla threw the pamphlet down in front of Ryker's knees.

"The pamphlet contains the list of things you have to get done if you really wanna get this planning contract. Go through it tonight, and if you're sure you can do it..." 

Shayla stopped speaking at this point and smirked, suddenly ripping the blindfold on Ryker's face away so she can talk to him face-to-face.

Ryker held his breaths when she bent to his kneeling level, the scent of her hair wash riddling him.

"Actually, you dare not say you can't do it after the minutes we've wasted here. Go through the pamphlet and get your vendors ready, then come to the harem tomorrow for the cheque. As you can see, the wedding is in a week, so you better not make us wait." She muttered, pushing his head out of the way.

She pressed his palm with her heels, stabbing it as she bypassed him, walking out of the building. A bunch of guards followed her.

"Too bad, Ryker. You're destined for sufferings in this lifetime, and I'd love to see this till the end. Be at my harem by 5pm tomorrow, address is on the pamphlet." Caspian said, bringing out a wad of cash from under his suit pocket.

He threw it at Lilith.

"Go get yourself treated, I don't want controversies surrounding my woman that she shot a nobody in a restaurant." He said, signalling to the rest of the guards.

They left the restaurant, leaving the two to their predicament.

The blindfolded servers removed their blindfolds, and they didn't even talk. They couldn't.

Seeing Lilith's bleeding arm and Ryker's bleeding head only made them more dumbfounded.

Ryker looked at his palm which Shayla's heel stabbed. It's wounded roundly, and it's bleeding.

He smiled a bit, kissing it deeply with his eyes closed.

--

[Katherine's Dark Universe Arena]

It's 10pm already, two hours later than she had promised, but Katherine still hasn't showed up.

Despite that fact, not even one fan has left the hall in anger. Their excitement hasn't reduced by a ounce, and it seemed to be building up more as more as the time whizzed.

"Isn't it weird that I'm not even feeling sleepy?" Faye said.

"If I was at home,gawd knows I'd have slept since 8, but it's Katherine's time, she owns my night" Xena replied, and Faye laughed shortly.

Xena wanted to say something else, but her eyes suddenly met with someone in the crowd of fans.

She felt shivers run through her skin, and when she sighted him for the second time, she gasped.

"What's up?" Faye asked, noticing her restlessness.

"It's... it's Sor—"

"And when the queen of ballet touches down on the sacred stage!!!" The opening chant sounded from the stage as the stage lights came on.

Blue with a mix of pink, a white spotlight and various big screens. Sparks machine and popping smokes.

The stage opened up completely, and everyone ran mad literally.

Xena forgot about the face she saw, and she joined the insane screams with Faye as they responded to the chant with the thousands fans.

"Wildfire burns! Sparks fly!!!"

And she appeared, gracefully on stage as if she owns everyone here which is somehow through.

She owns the crowd.

Her ballet outfit is specially made, black with corals and studded, even the tutu skirt is extra short, but the leggings is long to her feet.

Hair in a gelled bun, make-up like a fairy's with glitters at the corner of her eyes, stones on top.

She stood in the middle of the stage with her mask on, and there was silence for that shirt second, but the moment the music blasted through the speakers and she made the first move, the silence in the hall cracked, letting in more insane screams.

Xena lost her voice in the first one minute, but even with a shaky voice, she still continued screaming.

Shayla dominated the stage like she does. Twisting, splitting, jumping, holding, rolling and whining, all at once, curling with the flames and uncurling in the spotlight.

She's too flexible than any acrobat, and it's scary at some point how she could make those moves.

There's a hanging big ring on the stage which she climbed at a point and stayed in the middle, spreading her legs and arms like a starfish.

From there, she tumbled, landing back on the ground with one feet.

People held their breaths, afraid she might get hurt or get her toes twisted, but immediately she landed, her bun came loose, releasing her full hair.

She lulled her head to the sides, moving the strands with the stage fan beautifully, then she went on pointe, standing there for more than ten.

The screams came again, and some were legit crying, too happy to be witnessing this phenomenal performance.

Shayla really gave it her all, and it showed.

Her last move was turning her back on the stage, unstrapping her mask from her face.

She took three needed breaths before facing the stage again, baring her face to everyone as promised.

There was silence again.

Dead silence as they stared at the beauty for the first time.

Faye and Xena weren't breathing anymore. For real.

Their eyes are too wide, even their mouths, and their chests are clocking faster than a watch.

"Xena? Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Faye muttered, but Xena already fainted flat.

"Xena!" Faye went down to catch her.

The screens resumed when the fans found their voices, and there was no stop to them.

"You're so beautiful!"

"You're fineeee!"

"I'm so jealous!"

"Drop your skincare routine!"

"So f+kin majestic!"

"So damn gorgeous!"

"The haircare routine too!"

"I love your face!"

"I'm obsessed!"

"I love you Katherine Pierce!!"

Sadie and Soren are quiet, but they're smiling in the midst of the chaos.

"I knew I wasn't wrong when I chose her as my celebrity crush," Soren muttered.

"She's indeed pretty, I'm no better than a man at this rate." Sadie replied.

Shayla took a stage microphone, cleared her throat and smiled faintly.

"It's my 26th birthday, and I hope y'all like this gift." She held her face like an egg.

"Yes!!!"

"I've been doing this since I was ten years old, and lots of y'all have been watching me, being a fan since then. Thank you, and watch out for more intrigues. Love y'all." She said briefly.

As she dropped the microphone and she was escorted out by her guards, a lot of fans had to rush out of the hall, struggling to get to the valet park where her car is waiting.

She was escorted to the car by her team, and Sadie was lucky to catch up stubbornly.

"An autograph, pleasee!!"

"Katherine isn't signing autographs tonight, she's too tired." Her manager said, pushing Sadie out of the way.

"Katherine!!!" Sadie yelled, and Shayla looked back just when she was about to enter her car.

"Your perfume is fit for embalming dead bodies only, I can't even breath well. Wear nicer perfume next time, maybe I can be kind to give you the autograph you're starving for." She said and finally entered the car.

She left with her team, and Sadie smelled herself, scoffing.

"My perfume is nice,"

"I've heard it from more than five people that she's rude, and she has a sharp tongue, but I don't care." Soren said, coming behind her.

"Not like I care too," Sadie shrugged. "I'm visiting an hospital to see someone."

"Guess we'll meet at Foxx dance gallery on Monday?" Soren replied.

"Deal" Sadie shrugged.

--

[11PM]

Ryker made sure to get Lilith's shot arm and his own head treated before they both returned home, but he refused to get his palm treated.

Shayla's heel stabbed it, so he's gonna keep the wound till whenever.

Lilith insisted on following him home, and though he refused, she refused too.

She was ranting as she came in behind him.

It's a one room apartment, but clean.

"We can't take the job, not after what they did to us tonight. I've been hearing about Katherine's ill-attitude, didn't expect it to be true." Lilith said.

"You should be resting in an hospital bed. You got shot, don't joke with the wound, else you'd drop dead." Ryker replied, but she got in front of him.

"I don't care about my wound right now, all I'm saying is we can't take that job, let's just report them to the cops" she said.

"Who do you think the cops would believe? Katherine with millions of obsessed fans, Caspian with many insane connections, or you with nothing." Ryker replied simply, touching his bandaged head with an hand. He groaned.

"Darn it!" Lilith stumped, and a knock sounded at the door.

"That must be my mum," she said.

"Your mum?" Ryker faced her.

"Yeah, texted her on my way here to bring us dinner. I know you have nothing in your kitchen." Lilith replied, going to the door.

She opened the door, and Jojo entered, holding a food package.

"Hello here!"

"Jojo is your mom in this lifetime?" Ryker frowned.

"You know my mum? And what do you mean by this lifetime?" Lilith blinked.

Jojo blinked too.

She looks so much younger. Not even a strand of white hair.

Before Ryker could talk further, someone else entered.

A lady, holding a food package too.

"So...um, I'm new in this street, I'm your new nextdoor neighbor. I moved in late so don't judge me for coming to say hi this late." She said cheerfully, giving them glances one by one, gasping.

Her smile faded when she saw the people inside, the food package fell from her.

"Ryker? Like my own Ryker motherfuckin Morozov? You reincarnated?" She gasped, eyes wide.

It's Pearl.

--

[Dawn Hospital]

Just like Rumi predicted, she's so occupied with work that she didn't even get the time to have her afternoon bath, so her body itches as she came out of her last shift for the night.

She exhaled, taking off her coat before letting out a exhausted yawn.

Her phone buzzed, and she took it out of her jean pants pocket, walking the bright hall as she checked out the message from Mom.

Mom: Why aren't you home yet, things are happening at home!

"Ou, seems like some premium gist is in vogue tonight. I need to get home ASAP!" She muttered, walking past a ward as she talked to herself.

She stopped, reversing and going back to the door of the ward she passed by.

Something is happening inside.

A patient is inside, struggling for his life with chronic diabetes.

It's so bad that he can't even urinate through his penis anymore. He does it through passed pipes from his tummy to a pee bag hung above his bed, and the ward smells.

A girl is in the ward who looks like his daughter, and the girl is spraying pepper spray in his eyes, making him crying helplessly, begging.

"Please.... please... please.... please..."

"What do you think you're doing!" Rumi barged into the hall.

The girl still didn't stop spraying the man with the pepper, so Rumi snatched the bottle from her, and that was when she saw the man's face.

Zeke!

"Mind your own business!" The girl spranged up quickly.

It's Sadie.

Rumi's eyes widened, and she quickly covered her mouth to avoid screaming.

"If you have any idea what this bastard did to me, you'd know pepper spray is me being merciful! This idiot killed mother by pushing her down the staircase just because he wanted her wealth! I'm the only child so try to understand where I'm coming from! Luckily for me, he came down with this sickness, it's my opportunity to torment him!" Sadie shouted.

"You got reborn? You really got reborn? Oh my gawd! Meaning Ryker is reborn too!" Rumi gasped.

"What are you saying?" Sadie rolled eyes impatiently.

"You got reborn as Zeke's child again? And Zeke is already on his sickbed? I've never heard a more goodnews all my life!" Rumi returned the spray.

"Take it, I can order more pepper spray if you want more potent brands. In fact, lower his pants and spray his manhood!" Rumi encouraged.

In confusion, Sadie sighed.

"Thanks"

--

[Morozov Residence]

Xena got revived with water when she was brought home by Faye.

Dominika stood in front of her with Faye, and Astor stood behind her.

"What exactly happened? Why would she even pass out in a concert?" Astor asked, placing a towel on Xena's head.

"Katherine Pierce is Shayla." Faye said slowly, looking so out of it too.

"Which Shayla?" Dominika asked.

"Same Shayla from Luminaria!" Xena stood, crying.

"Mom, my idol is the girl I sinned against so much. She's the one!" 

She started crying again.

"I swear, she's Shayla." Faye muttered, sitting speechlessly.

"Ryker's partner?" Astor said shockingly too.

"Oh my gawd, meaning Ryker is alive somewhere too!" Dominika gasped.

"Big news! Big news!!" Rumi ran into the house crazily.

"I saw Sadie and Zeke, they reincarnated!!!"

"Shayla is Katherine Pierce," Xena sniffled.

"What!!!" Rumi screamed.

--

[Harland Mansion]

Soren was yawning as she came downstairs for a cup of water at 12.

He entered the kitchen and had his full of warm water since the weather is very cold.

He was returning upstairs when he saw Sage sitting in the living room, staring into space.

"Hey, bro!" He hollered.

"Hey," Sage looked up.

"What are you up to?" Soren walked up to him.

"A jazz bar, what happens in a jazz bar exactly?" Sage stood.

"I dunno, but there's a jazz bar close to the roundabout, and I heard it's really good. People go there to drink exclusively, and also a female drummer drums there maybe one night a week." Soren said.

Sage's eyes widened.

"A female drummer?"

"Yeah, so I heard." Soren nodded.

Sage rushed out of the house, not minding that he's in his thin pyjamas.

"Bro! You can't have the guards start chasing you around again, it's 12am for crying out fuckin loud!" Soren shouted after him.

The guards shared a car, driving after Sage as he drove himself out of the mansion, riding to the jazz bar.

It must be Cheyenne. It has to be her.

He got to the jazz bar, but it's already closed as expected.

He stayed in front of it, determined to wait till tomorrow or even a week.

Cheyenne will meet him here.

--

[Next Day, Ryker's Place]

At exactly 5pm, Ryker was ready to go to Cold-hearted harem with Lilith.

Getting to know Granny Jojo as Lilith's mother in this lifetime wasn't as shocking as getting to know that Pearl is his new neighbor, but he gives zero f+ks about the two right now. He needs to get to Cold-hearted harem as fast as possible.

Catching another glimpse of Shayla is as important as breathing. He didn't sleep till daybreak.

"I wish there was another way out, I really really don't wanna go to that harem. They shot me yesterday and crashed vase on your head, who knows what they're gonna do again today? Do you know how hard it was for me to pretend that I was fine in front of my mum while hiding a gunshot wound under my blouse?" Lilith complained.

"I can go alone, I've told you," Ryker replied, opening the car door.

"I borrowed you the money to buy gas in the car, of course I'll follow you. I can't leave my boss alone in the hands of those beasts." Lilith replied.

"I'll pay you back in tenfolds for everything when it's due time." Ryker said, and Lilith scoffed.

"Dunno what that means, but I look forward,"

"It means... he's only just pretending right now. You see, I and your boss lived in two different lifetimes before. I was his wife in the first time, and I was his enemy in the second life. This third life, I'm his neighbor, so I know him better than anyone else." Pearl replied from the front of the nextdoor.

Ryker gave her a thorning glare, and Lilith did the same.

"I don't like her," she muttered, getting in the car with Ryker.

They drove off, and Pearl smiled, taking more fresh air on the door she's standing at.

"Pretence suits you, Ryker Morozov. No matter the lifetime, you really can't escape me."

--

[Cold-hearted Harem]

The harem isn't what it used to be.

No girls hanging around begging to be spit on, no prostitutes nakedly throwing arses back, no slûts.

Just the guards, and home workers, just the way Shayla wants it.

Shayla is in the kitchen, silently making eggs with red caviar and fruits salad as an appetizer.

She has always loved fruits salad, and she loves cooking more.

She hates getting distracted in the kitchen, so even Caspian leaves her alone whenever she enters cos she's like a ticking time bomb.

She was slicing the watermelon when her knife met something inside, obstructing the cut.

Angrily, she smashed the watermelon on the ground, and the fruit scattered around.

Inside the watermelon, there's a bracelet which she hated immediately she saw it.

She sighed, trying to balance her anger, but it didn't work.

"Anyone there!?" She shouted.

Caspian came in with Rivera behind him.

"Do you need anything, my lady?" Rivera asked.

"My woman, you look like you're in a bad mood." Caspian said.

"Who bought this watermelon?" Actually, who bought the latest fruits supply?" Shayla asked.

"Who!!" Caspian yelled, and a guard ran inside.

"It was me" he reported.

"And what's a bracelet doing inside a watermelon?" Shayla raised the bracelet, and the guard gasped.

"I swear I have no idea it's....

Shayla took just two steps, long as fast till she was in front of the guard 

She shoved the knife into his mouth, stabbing his throat from the inside and killing him on the spot.

Rivera cleared the body, and Caspian remained standing where he is, wondering when Shayla's alpha female regime is gonna end.

He has no ice mantle in his body, and judging by Ryker's helplessness earlier, there's no ice mantle in his body too.

Ryker is too arrogant to stay that calm if he actually has the mantle. That motherfucker would have conjured ice, so it's not with Ryker.

Then... where did the mantle disappear to?

He needs it to be an alpha over Shayla. Otherwise, she's continue being the alpha which he dislikes.

Even without her fire mantle, she's crazy in the head.

"Pian?" She called from where she stood, taking him out of his thoughts.

"My woman," he smiled, coming closer to slid his arms around her, resting them on her hips.

He's obsessed with em.

"Kiss me," she ordered, and he was already going for her lips when Rivera came back inside.

"The event planner is here," she reported.

"This is 5:30, he came late." Shayla muttered, letting go of Caspian.

They both went out of the kitchen to see Ryker and Lilith getting led to them by a guard.

Ryker's eyes fell on Shayla's bloody hands and face, and no one needs to tell him she killed someone.

But what's more concerning is the anger in her eyes.

When she got to him, her hand flew to his face, landing two slaps without waiting to calm.

Her five fingers were like screenshots on his cheek, bold and red.

"Miss!!!" Lilith quickly covered him.

"We were late by thirty minutes because our car was faulty!"

"Get away!" Caspian pushed Lilith to the other side of the hall before punching Ryker in the face twice on the same spot Shayla slapped him.

Not minding his bandaged head, he punched his head too, and blood soaked the bandage immediately.

Blood trickled out of Ryker's nose too, and his mouth spit blood as he staggered weakly to the wall.

"Boss!!" Lilith tried standing from the second hall, but Rivera placed a leg on her head, pressing it down.

"Boss!!" She screamed when Caspian punched Ryker for the fourth time.

Ryker finally fell on his knees, just like yesterday at the restaurant.

"You have no idea how refreshing it is to see you on your knees. How dare  you anger my woman!" Caspian barked, kicking him.

Ryker fell flat.

Shayla was blank the whole time, like she's watching a boring show.

Caspian spit from his mouth, but before the saliva could land on Ryker on the ground, he pushed himself away from the spot.

He stood and went to Lilith on the other side of the hall, pulling her up with his bloody head and face.

He started running out of the harem with her, fast.

"Follow the fool! Bring him back here!" Caspian ordered.

"He's interesting," Shayla finally smiled, and Caspian hugged her from behind, kissing her neck.

Two minutes later, Rivera came back with the trail of guards.

"Where is he?" Caspian demanded.

"We lost him," Rivera replied.

"What did you just say?" Caspian glared.

--

[Ten Minutes Later]

Ryker arrived back at his house, but not the one room apartment.

It's a different one.

The interior is dark, so it's hard to see what the inside looks like.

He'd take every insult and inhumane beatings from Shayla.

Shayla wants to give him hell to eat? He'd eat it like mad.

She wants to give him anguish as the water? He's drink it like crazy.

She wants to kill him? By all means, he'd lay down his life.

He knows he's guilty, which is why he has been knowingly punishing himself with poverty for thirty years.

But what he's not gonna take is Caspian touching him or making him bleed. That's not happening again.

And Caspian is going to pay for the little he did.

In the dark room, Ryker entered a very wide tub, and the water squirmed around him as he settled inside it, calmly.

His eyes closed, for just one minute,, every light in the room came on.

It's a bathroom, his luxuriously beautiful bathroom in his glass mansion. Untouched.

Poverty? To hell with it.

He was never meant to be poor in any lifetime. No matter what.

His eyes opened, and the frosty blue shone beautifully, together with the iced sword tattoo on his back.

His back muscles spread, dancing under his fresh manly skin. His abs and biceps bulged attractively.

Human? Lol.

In this lifetime, he's the original ice mantle owner.

The Legend.

A insidious smirk painted his full lips, and his head wounds healed.

TBC.

Next Episode 

Previous Episode