Chapter 48. Beaten to Death

CELINE’s P O V

I was almost beaten to death. My heart was dying off. Suddenly, I find myself wishing that I would pass away so that I might be reunited with my mother in the afterlife. But it doesn't look like that's going to be my fate just yet…

‘‘S-sebastian?’’ The old man’s face was flushed with rage a while ago, but now… I wanted to burst out in laughter even though I was wincing in pain all over my body as I watched the color drain from his face. He had turned pale. His face was a pasty, sickly white.

The whip in his hand was slowly loosening from his hold, and eventually dropped to the ground.

‘‘I… W-why did you come back so soon?’’ he said, staring at Sebastian with panic rising, thrumming, sweeping all over his face.

He swayed a little when Sebastian harshly released his hand.

‘‘W-wait…’’ Julio stuttered, a sheen of sweat gathering and pooling on his forehead. ‘‘This is not what it looks like. Celine came back and she committed an unforgivable mi