She indeed must control her emotion and impulsive action. She just regret her action in the noon earlier this night, when butler Jiang and elder Jin take whole the servant to bow respect to their new mistress. Not only that she been pushed to stay in general chamber like most couple should do.

She like a mouse in the trap now, she stand in the room not moved an inch, been carried away by her own thought. She been imagine what the general would do with her, after what happened last night, the only one she could think is he will doing the same thing even worse. She shuddered and in fast turn her body want to run away. But the general has stand behind him since a while ago.

He see her frightened face, he know what she was thinking of. "Do you regret it, if you do i can give you back to the emperor? he will accept you with open arm." He joke to her. She was the first women that not run away after seeing his face, the first women that anger because someone humiliating him and defend him, and above all she was the love from his dream, of course he will never let her go. He said it because he know that she will choose to stay with him instead go to the emperor.

In fast she shake her head, live with the emperor must be terrible choice.

He smile to her and ask her to sit on the bed, "Don't worry i will not take advantage from you."

"You indeed take advantage from me before." She mentioned about last night.

"It's dangerous situation, this time too." General sit beside her and explain her the situation. "Do you know how many man the emperor have as spy in this manor, what if one of them know that we just pretending and report it to the emperor."

She gulp by his explanation, deceived the emperor will punished by dead. Even she not afraid of dead she must do it for the general safety, and other people in the manor.

"It's night already, you must tired, let's us sleep." The general said and want to use his mask before lay beside her."

General why you use it again? Don't i said not to use it anymore if you just with me." She take off the mask from general face.

"Are you sure, you will not afraid?"

"I said i will try, so you also must try to not hide it from me too." She smile, a sincere smile he ever seen after along time.

She didn't know how her word and action has fluttered him since the noon earlier. He can't hold it anymore, he reach out his hand grab the girl that laying beside her, pull her to his embrace.

"General, you said you won't take advantage of me." She protest and want release from his embrace.

"Hzut, don't you hear the footstep." General ordered her to quiet.

She indeed heard the footstep and a shadow seen from the outside. It's must be the spy, she slump in the general embrace. He smile while tighten his embrace, "Sleep soundly, don't worry i'll protect you." He said and close his eyes.

Meanwhile at the outside the great general chamber butler Jiang was walking back and forth in front of the door with a lantern in his hand. Before his general ask him to back and forth in front of his chamber for minutes when he see him come in to his chamber. He also ask him to bring lantern with him, the general said the night was dark and the lantern will help him see in the dark.

He had back and forth more than ten times already. He see the lamp in general room had turn off. It's the sign his master give for him to go back to his room and take rest too. He walk away from the general chamber go back to his room. Even he don't understand a little for what he was do before, he hope his master has accomplished his purpose.

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In the morning Ling Hua has busy change the general bandage with the new one. The wound still not dry add been push by the bastard emperor, make the wound opened again. She mourn see the wound, slowly put medicine on it and blow it to lower the pain make the general smile look to her action. "General are it's still hurt much?"

"Yes it's hurt much, but i love it worsen, so you can caring me like this." He said joking.

"How come you said those word, don't you know you has make me worried every time you get injured." She clamp her mouth looks like slip with his tongue and speak what on her heart.

General smile, her word make him want to tease her more, "It's make me want to be injured more, so you can always thinking about me."

"General." She look to him dejected by his word, without she realized her peeved face make him want to hug her. In second the general grab her and pull her closer to him, "Don't Qiu has told you about my feeling toward you, how if i can suppress it anymore, and..."

He pull her closer, closer enough to his face, "And... what? what do you want to ..." Her word not finished spoken, he see her with love, slowly approach her lips and kiss her gentle. Ling Hua jolted by his sudden action, he start from the tip of her lips and moved slowly to the center and bite her upper lips. In reflex she squeeze general chest, her action trigger his desire, he move her lay her bellow him, his move his lips to her cheek and goes to her right ear. He ship every inch of her beautiful long neck, Her sleeve has move from her shoulder show her upper chest, general move to her exposed chest. He approach it with a gentle kiss then turn to a passionate one, he ship her upper chest and pulverized it.

She shivered, her breath messy, she can feel her heart pounding, she must be crazy she was been kiss by a man that not her true husband but she doing nothing instead got carried away. Every his touch and his kiss make her remember him, her husband from thousand years ago. She was lost in his touch when suddenly she feel the pain in her heart like been stab by dagger. She cough in pain, crouching bear the pain, need minutes until the pain gone. He help her sit in the bed, "Are you alright?" He caress her cheek. She look to the general, her deep black eyes fill with regret, she has make mistake, she run away left the general alone.

Ling Hua run out from the general hall, she not pay attention to her surrounding and tripped by a rock in the garden. She ended up fall to the ground. The ached has stopped but she can feel it, the curse. It's the curse, the curse has begin. The old god of destiny voice ringing in her ear before.

Teeth for teeth, eyes for eyes, and heart for heart of the sacred relic. The cursed only can lift by the third sacrifice, sacrificing of the most precious one.

"No, i can't stay here any longer." She murmured.

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