“I have a rough idea. You're an elusive cat. I wonder what I saw in you. Why did I fall for someone who doesn't have my time?” She whispered with a pout on her face, feeling resentful. Her actions at that moment looked cute, tempting him. He brought his lips down on hers, slowly savoring the taste of her lips. He frowned as he kissed her. There seemed to be someone spying on them. Hera moaned and clung to his shirt, oblivious of the current situation. He pulled away and cupped her cheeks with a smile on his face. He gave her a light peck on her lips and moved to her ear. “Don't freeze or look uncomfortable.” Before she could understand the meaning behind his words, he continued, unbidden. “Can I use you as a shield for a while?” Alex whispered, licking her ears. Hera blushed and nodded. Alex quickly grabbed her hand and rushed into an empty lounge, one of the rooms Starlight mall allows its VIP customers for relaxation. To anyone watching, their exchange looked like a man begging

“No one is talking about indiscriminate killing of people here. Besides, are your hands clean?” Someone else quickly said, trying to dispel the tension. “Don't rub mud on me. Of course, my hands are not clean. They're covered with the blood of millions, I didn't get all I have now without making sacrifices. But I'm not like you guys. Whereas you guys pick on the weak that you can easily kill without resistance, I only go for the strong because I will never stomach the indignity of bullying weaklings. The only people I have killed are either enemies on the battlefield, or people that have committed deep atrocities. And I never killed anyone for money and power. I was simply doing what the masses expect me to do— protect them. Unlike most of you guys who only prey on the weak and helpless. You rarely attack people that are powerful enough and able to defend themselves. Unless they did something against your interests— like me. We are not alike at all. If you doubt it, pick out anyone f

“This won't do. I need to seal it and prevent the eye from awakening. If my guess is right, this is the ‘devour the world hell's evil and all seeing eyes.’ The moment it fully awakens, its master will summon it back. And it will kill everything around it, and within its trajectory. Which means that the whole of Veneco would be destroyed, alongside whatever cities it passed through on its way to the evil goddess. I must prevent it from waking up. Destroying it will be the best option, but I don't have the time now.” Alex whispered and took a deep breath. The moment his hands touched the dark energy field surrounding the evil eyes, his heart skipped a beat. The dark energy was awfully familiar. It was one which he had felt a few times. “It seems that the goddess carrying out evil experiments where I rescued Kaiser is the owner of this eyes. Then her identity should be Asmoana, formerly known as Athena. After she committed an atrocity, Zeus and Aries joined hand together to kick her aw

It was the day he was kicked out of the Winthrop family after being brutally tortured. He was bleeding all over and was stripped stark naked, before getting tossed in a dark alley. A young girl of about sixteen, around Alex's age back then was secretly watching them from the shadows. The moment they left, she rushed to Alex, nudging him. He was fifteen back then. “Humans are despicable. How could they do this to him? Lexie, wake up. I should have rescued you back then if I knew they took you back to the dungeon.” She whispered with tears in her eyes. People began to gather and she quickly removed her hoodie and wrapped it around Alex's naked waist before zipping him up. She carried him up and ran away from the crowd, till she got to a lonely corner and disappeared. She reappeared in an apartment in a middle class neighborhood. The apartment had a room, sitting room, toilet, bathroom and a kitchen—perfect for someone living alone. It was neat and was decorated in a grey minimalist st

“What's holding the boss? He has been in there for hours!” Tajana whispered worriedly. “Maybe he saw something depressing in the mirror world.” Luz whispered in a low voice and sat cross legged. The other two had long left the mirror world but Alex had not returned. Tajana’s mind went to an upsetting secret he saw in the mirror world and his frown deepened. ‘It can't be that he saw it too and awoke an inner demon, right? He was the boss's favorite after all.’Before Tajana could make up his mind on what to do, Alex walked out of that partition with red eyes. Tajana's heart immediately skipped a few beats. In the past, no matter what happened he had never seen Alex shed tears. It was always anger and deep sorrow. But none of the difficulty he has ever encountered during the decades he became their master had drawn out tears from his eyes. But it was obvious he cried heavily in the mirror world due to whatever he saw. His eyes had a blank look to them like one who had lost his soul. B