77 Fear

"so, I want you all to listen…" [Leader] looked at everyone in the room with coldness in his eyes. His genial, easy going personality he shown earlier was nowhere to be seen. Everyone instinctively felt imminent danger from [Leader] as they sat erect unconsciously. They heard [Leader] continued, "I don't want you to mess up for a while. You have to restrain your desire if not…" He paused as his eyes swept everyone. His tone was menacing. "You have to take care of it on your own, or else…I'll take care of you."

"Yes [Leader]!" everyone answered simultaneously. Their [Leader] was too frightening. No matter how much they had met him, they still couldn't let their guard down. It was their instinct. Although in the eyes of normal people they were the incarnation of demon, [Leader], was in fact the demon king. As much as they dissatisfied with [Leader]'s decision, they would never directly reject it.

[Designer] stared at [Leader] passionately. The look of reverence was obvious in his eyes. It was his [Leader], the one whom he would devote his life to.

Almost everyone gazes focus on [Leader] except a bulky bearded man who silently gritted his teeth in anger. He was already dissatisfied with [Leader] from a long time ago. In his opinion, [Leader]'s decision would always deprived him from excitement. If not for his survival, he would never be bothered to join this group. Indeed, this group guaranteed him with some perks, letting him to kill without being caught but at the same time, it limited the enjoyment he got from killing.

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The same night, Province D, In a hotel room

William cuddled his wife in his arms. The faint light from desk lamp fell on his wife's fair sleeping face. His heart fluttered when he saw her. He fell in love with her. Before he met her, he never thought that he would fell all over the heel for a woman, much less a woman he just met.

The moment he saw her, he was sure that she was his fated one. He had never believed in so called destiny but the moment he laid his eyes on her, he felt something strange - It was the feeling that emerged within him, a feeling from seeing someone he longed for. It was the feeling when someone met his beloved after long separation.

He gently pecked on her head. He mumbled soflty, "I Love you my wife." Then, he gradually closed his eyes and slowly went to the dreamland.

Elena was sleeping peacefully in William's embrace. William who barely got into the dreamland jolted awake as he felt the body he hugged trembling. Beads of cold sweats permeated her forehead and drenched her body. He immediately woke up and called out his wife in panic. "Baby, what happen to you? Wake up wake up!" Elena, on the other hand, seemed unable to hear her husband frantic voice. With her eyes still closed, her expression changed from frowning before it was abruptly replaced with fear. Suddenly, he screamed like she was in desperation. "No…don't…" tears slowly fell from the corner of her eyes. William who had been panicking shook her body while calling her again and again, hoping that she would get up. Fortunately, as if she felt his call, her eyelids fluttered. She gradually opened her eyes.

When William's figure landed on her eyes, she immediately sat and hugged him tightly. She whimpered on his chest.

William could feel that his clothes was getting wet. He caressed her back to sooth her mood. He didn't know what she had just dreaming of for her to suddenly act that way. It was just her cry was too heartbreaking for him. He didn't want her to cry because something saddened her. The moment her tears fell, it was as if a hand gripped his heard forcefully. "Please don't cry baby. Please don't cry."

Elena forcefully stopped herself from crying. She knew that William must be feeling sad for her. She sobbed as she cupped his face. Her voice was hoarse, "Fortunately, fortunately that you're here."

Seeing his wife's red eyes and her pitiful look, William replied, "I'll always here. I'll always be with you." He took a bottle of water on the desk beside the bed. He uncapped it and gave it to Elena.

Elena gulped half of the bottle in one go. After crying, her mood was slightly better. She stared at her husband intently as she poked his cheeks with her fingers, assuring that she was not dreaming. She heard him say, "You don't need to do this. I'm here with you." He took her hands and kissed her palms. The concern in his eyes was evident. He asked, "Why are you crying?"

Elena stunned. Her face that was slightly better became turbulent. William immediately said, "If you are not willing to speak don't speak. I just want to know because I hope that I can help to solve your worries."

Elena shook her head. She looked at her husband in his eyes. She said, "It's not that I don't want to, It's just…" She gripped his hand with all of her strength, as if she was afraid that he would disappear. She said with her voice trembled in fear. "I dreamed that you are killed."