He Must Hate Me
“How could you leave me…?”
“I didn’t want to!”
“You left me… to die…”
“I didn’t! I promise you I didn’t!”
“Hou Jingshu… why did you leave me?”
Hou Jingshu awoke with a gasp, shooting up ramrod straight in bed. She placed a hand over her heart and took several heaving breaths. Each one sounded like a rasp in her ears.
Her back was covered in sweat. The liquid soaked through her nightgown and made it cling to her skin. Her forehead, neck, underarms, and even underboob were similarly sweaty.
Once she had her breathing under control, Hou Jingshu glanced around the room, taking in the tasteful but minimalistic decor. She was in the captain’s cabin of the Jun Family’s personal airship. This place would have normally been given to Yu Chenguang since he was the highest ranking member of the army, but he had acceded it to her in deference of her position as the Shang Kingdom’s first and only princess.
“Another nightmare, this one was particularly bad.”