Chapter 118. She Is Dead

BEFORE THE MAIDENS SELECTION

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SAPHENA WAS ABOUT TO TURN BACK TO XAQION’S ROOM,  she was supposed to twist the knob, but then she sensed someone entering the lair with a faint aura. That person entered the lair like a ghost through the thick wall. His aura is not like Xaqion but he is literally concealing it. She followed him, all the way to the hallway intersection.

However, she lost sight of him for a short time at that intersection. “How’s that possible? Where is he?”

“What are you doing?” A familiar asked her from behind, she didn’t turn around but she put her finger in her lips signaling her to be quiet.

Casper also noticed how tense Saphena was. His eyes darted toward the intersection where she had lost sight o