Panic washed over Vivian. Her body trembled non-stop as she clutched her bathrobe.
âWhat⦠what are you doing? Iâm warning youâif you⦠harm me, my daddy⦠He will never forgive
you!â she warned in a loud voice.
However, Daphne did not take her seriously at all.
âDonât worry. Your daddy will be delighted. Didnât he allow you to study in Regalius Academy so that you
could marry into the royal family? You two are a match made in heaven!â
Wearing a smug smile, she grabbed the young womanâs wrist.
When she was about to drag her to the bedroom and have her son force himself upon her, someone
suddenly barged in from outside.
âWhat do you think youâre doing? Let go of Ms. Vivian!â
The person turned out to be Vivianâs bodyguard, Sam, who came in at the most critical juncture.
Under Daphneâs grip, Vivian shouted at her bodyguard with utmost desperation, âSam, save me!â
In an instant, Sam bolted up the stairs.
âHow dare you harm Ms. Vivian. You must have a death wish!â He quickly pulled out a dagger and
slashed at Daphneâs wrist.
Daphneâs eyes widened in shock. She actually came over with a bodyguard? Could it be that someone is
onto me? And itâs her father?
The woman was surprisingly clever. She realized a bigger plot was afoot just from Samâs sudden
appearance and his harsh words.
Immediately after she understood the situation, her green eyes gleamed menacingly.
To her, the head of the Jadesons was far more terrifying than Elysium.
Seeing that Sam was nearing her, she quickly put an object on her lips and let out a sharp whistling
noise.
Hiss!
Still being seized by her, Vivian suddenly heard another hissing noise that sounded creepy enough to
send shivers down her spine.
Whatâs that thing?
She quickly turned her head toward the source of the noise, and Sam did the same.
The sight of the creatures slithering in from outside the villa caused their jaws to drop.
âSnakes! Snakes!â Vivian screamed in fright.
Those were the creatures that Vivian feared the most. As long as it could slither, she would be horrified
whenever she saw it.
Sam was taken aback as well.
However, as a bodyguard trained in SteelFort, he regained his composure after a brief moment of panic.
He then made the swift decision to rescue Vivian, who was still screaming.
However, when he got to the landing, Daphne stared at him with her green eyes while still clutching
Vivianâs wrist.
âAre you sure you want to save her?â
Sam did not reply.
âAfter all these years of servitude and subservience, do you think itâs fair? Youâve been by their side, but
have you been rewarded for your efforts? Hmm?â
Daphne was like an enchantress.
The eye contact between her and him lasted for just a second, and Vivian noticed that his gaze had
changed.
âSam! Sam!â she immediately screamed his name uncontrollably.
Unfortunately, her desperate cries fell on deaf ears.
Her bodyguard, who was supposed to rescue her, slowly lowered his dagger after Daphne uttered those
words.
âFair?â Sam asked while staring blankly ahead.
âYes. Fair.â Daphne nodded bewitchingly. âThink about it. What do you want? Did you get it in the end?
Why didnât you get it? Who was it given to?â
Sam said nothing.
Daphne was indeed the former high priest.
Her prowess in hypnosis was probably better than the top psychologists in the world.
However, psychologists used science, while she probably used some wicked items because Vivian
quickly smelled the strong fragrance again.
In a state of despair, the young woman watched as the snakes slithered up the stairs to bite Sam to
death while she herself was dragged into the bedroom, where she would lose her innocence.
Suddenly, something came flying in from outside the villa.
Crash!
With a shrill sound, a sharp object shattered the glass window in the living room to pieces and flew
straight toward Daphne.
The womanâs eyes widened in shock. The dire situation did not permit her the leisure to think. When the
sharp object was about to stab into her chest, she had no choice but to let go of Vivian to dodge aside.
âSam! Sam!â
Finally freed from her grasp, Vivian lost her balance and fell to the ground. Raising her head, she called
out to her hypnotized bodyguard again.
However, it was futile.
At that moment, there was movement outside the villa again.
Hiss!
It was a whistling sound, louder and sharper than before, resembling the sound of a sword whizzing past
the air that broke the silence of the serene night.
To the shock of those inside the villa, the bed of venomous snakes retreated down the stairs like the tide.