Xia Yu lay on the cold ground. Her body and soul began to separate as she heard the scurrying footsteps fading into the distance.

Something seemed to be draining out of her. Were those people all gone? However, they left the filth and the sin behind.

Xia Yu closed her eyes, the light went out, and in the darkness, all she could hear was her breathing. The sounds that came out of her chest were like cries and howls, but they were all blocked by the cloth stuffed into ...