Deviant: No Longer Human

Eveline\'s eyes blinked, as brilliant as sapphires, while her hair cascaded across the pillow, forming a radiant golden halo, shimmering in the soft moonlight.

"Where am I..." she murmured to herself, her voice barely a whisper, only to be met with profound silence.

Suddenly, a shadow flitted through the open window, casting an eerie silhouette and sending a piercing cold chill through Eveline.

"You are in Sylvergard," Aurora explained, standing right beside the bed, yet her gaze was fixed elsewhere, not on Eveline.

"!"

Eveline nearly leaped from the bed in surprise at the sound of Aurora\'s voice.

Her eyes widened dramatically as she took deep, steadying breaths, her voice measured and cautious, "Why did you bring me here...?"

In the dimly lit room, Aurora\'s lips twisted into a chilling smile, casting an unsettling chill through Eveline, as if this woman had been influenced by someone sinister and had been corrupted.

"It\'s Aurora now, and I brought you here for the father of my child—he wanted you," Aurora said, her voice cold and flat.

"!"

Eveline bolted upright, her eyes wide as if she had glimpsed a specter. "What!? — Father of your child?"

With a sinister grin, Aurora teased, "Better shut your mouth, or you might swallow a fly."

Eveline fell silent, perplexed and uneasy.

She couldn\'t fathom why Aurora was toying with her so cruelly today.

Little did she know, Aurora was barely holding back a torrent of laughter, having effectively mimicked Xiao\'s biting humor.

Aurora\'s tone hardened as she issued a final warning, "I will be leaving soon. You are to remain by his side and serve him diligently, or I will ensure that you are barred from rebirth, no matter how many bodies you attempt to forge for yourself."

Eveline\'s face darkened. "Become his plaything?"

Aurora responded coolly, "Whatever he wants to make of you. A car, a dog, or a plaything—it doesn\'t matter."

Eveline fell silent, her mind racing.

"Is he a... mortal without powers?" Eveline finally couldn\'t help but inquire, her voice tinged with desperation.

Aurora shook her head, "Not quite powerless, just... don\'t interfere with him. If he takes a dislike to you, he might just kill you."

Eveline\'s face twisted into a bitter scowl. She had been living her life peacefully; why had she been dragged into this?

Can\'t this woman find a better bodyguard for her husband?

However, seeing Aurora\'s icy expression, Eveline suppressed the urge to speak her mind.

"When will you come back?" she asked, curious about how long she would be trapped in this game.

Aurora\'s reply was terse. "Don\'t know."

"You fell for him...?" Eveline probed, trying to understand Aurora\'s motives.

"Don\'t know," Aurora repeated, her voice detached.

Eveline\'s frustration mounted, but noticing a sudden blush on Aurora\'s cheeks, her face darkened even more. "I am not like you. Why don\'t you find someone else? I don\'t even like men."

Aurora\'s response was blunt. "Then start liking men."

Eveline remained silent, her thoughts darkening.

"I would make a terrible doll for him," she murmured.

"A doll is a doll, not good or terrible, only beautiful or ugly. Are you ugly?" Aurora retorted flatly.

Eveline paused, "..."

"I might kill him in his sleep," she hesitated, her voice barely a whisper.

"!"

A sudden chill passed over Eveline, but Aurora responded with disarming simplicity, "Then it\'s his bad luck."

Eveline fell silent once more.

She truly couldn\'t grasp Aurora\'s demeanor today.

If it was merely bad luck, why did Aurora seem to exert pressure over her as if issuing a warning?

In her four thousand years of life, Eveline had never felt so bitter about merely existing!

As Eveline adjusted her mindset, she noticed Aurora had long since disappeared, leaving behind only the fading echo of her chilling smile.

After all, Aurora could finally depart now that Eveline was close to Wang Xiao.

And why was she leaving like a thief in the night?

Because if Wang Xiao ever discovered that she had purposefully taken him to the Australian continent just so she wouldn\'t have to look after him anymore, that might mark the end of her last peaceful day on this planet.

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On the chilly early morning of October 28th, at 3 a.m., Wang Xiao returned to the shadowy halls of Sylvergard, his mind preoccupied with the sudden disappearance of Aurora.

He had already questioned Josephine, Seraphinne, and Anran, but each conversation led to dead ends—none had any insight into Aurora\'s whereabouts.

Luna, ever forgetful, seemed to have selectively forgotten to even mention Aurora, conveniently skipping over any details that might shed light on her absence.

As Wang Xiao turned to leave, frustrated and weary, Josephine abruptly stopped him as if a crucial memory had just resurfaced.

"Xiao, there\'s another woman waiting on the top floor—the one you sent from Australia," she said, her gaze curious and probing.

"??"

Confusion crossed Wang Xiao\'s face as he dug through his memories. In the chaos of recent events, he had utterly forgotten about Eveline, the woman they had quietly abducted from Sydney.

As realization flickered across Wang Xiao\'s face, Josephine couldn\'t hold back her suspicion. "Did you abduct her?" she asked, her voice tinged with disbelief.

Wang Xiao\'s expression flattened into a mask of neutrality. "No," he answered curtly, his tone final, as he quickly steered the conversation away.

Josephine watched his retreating back with a mix of concern and surprise. "He\'s started kidnapping girls now? What is he thinking? Sigh... I need to talk with mom about this," she muttered under her breath, her mind racing with troubling thoughts.

She paced the room, her steps echoing softly in the silence. "How do I even bring this up? Mom will be furious, and rightly so. Perhaps Aisha will have some insight," she pondered aloud, considering her next steps.

Retreating to her own quarters, she sought refuge in solitude, far from the maddening complexities Wang Xiao brought with him.

"I can\'t stand this," she sighed, sinking onto her bed. "Every time he comes back, there\'s more women. And now, after losing Marcus and the Cobra team... it\'s like we\'re just waiting for the next disaster...."

Josephine lay back, staring at the ceiling. "Aisha\'s been through a lot too with the attack. Maybe she\'ll understand better than anyone. Yes, I\'ll talk to her first."

Deciding it would be best to consult Aisha first, who had suffered injuries in the recent attack, Josephine left her room, preferring the solitude over the discomfort of being near Wang Xiao and potentially hearing about him with another woman.

After all, with the recent news that Marcus and his entire Cobra team had perished, she was already engulfed her in gloom, that seemed to have arrived delayed.