"It was another day in which you tried to escape, you had lost count of the times you tried, and the times you returned to his hands, but never on your own. You hated him, yes, he had rescued you from a slave sale, he seemed like a good emperor, he took you as his favorite concubine and even considered having you as his consort, giving you jewelry, giving you the best room, best clothes and he treated you as his king. Everyone loved the emperor, everyone respected him and saw him as kind and gentle, so why did you hate him so much? You had seen his true form, his true self, an emperor capable of torturing his own servant to death, just to take a small piece of fruit from your special bowl, the emperor's hands were stained with innocent blood. One night he allowed you to escape, 'miraculously' you managed to overcome the multiple guards that watched your room all the time, those in your garden where you managed to get out, and for some strange reason there were no guards at the main entrance. You had finally escaped, you ran under the night light in the direction of the town, still in your silk pajamas, bare feet and breathless with fear, but none of that mattered, as long as you were away from him. Soon you arrived in town, exhausted and frightened you began to walk through streets and alleys, and as you passed a dark one, two pairs of hands grabbed you and pulled you into the darkness. Two men you had never seen before, old and unpleasant, touched you with their rough hands and while laughing and mocking they tore off your clothes, covered your mouth with cloth and held you tightly to the ground, no matter how hard you struggled it was useless, the bigger man was already in position, and right there in the alley he forced his way in, your muffled screams went unheard. Those were horrifying seconds of horror and pain, and just when you thought you would faint, the man's head fell on you. Your wide open eyes filled with tears glimpsed a tall figure you failed to recognize, that figure made another quick skillful move and the other man holding you had no time to respond, his Jian sword had sliced through the man's arms and face, giving him a slow agonizing death, an unnecessarily bloody and grotesque scene, it was Wei Ming. Wei Ming kicked the head that had fallen on your now blood-stained stomach" "My boy! My little cherry blossom, you are safe now, I'm here" "He knelt down beside you and held you in his big arms against his chest, he stroked your hair with his free hand as he covered you under the fabric of his sleeve. You couldn't see his face, but he had a horrifying and perverse twisted smile on his lips, his plan had gone perfectly, the price to pay was you and those two men he hired, but it would be worth it, he knew it" "I told you, my little flower, the world is more dangerous now, you shouldn't have gone out alone" "Wei Ming he murmured in his low husky voice, it sounded worried and sweet, but it was full of possessiveness and manipulation, every word and movement calculated".