“Disgusting thing.” The red high heel nudged the mountainous body sprawled on the floor. Duke Tolansy was no longer breathing. Tears streamed from the golden-haired boy’s eyes as he lay on the bed. “Manjusaka, I want to live. I’m not dirty. I want him dead!” His voice choked with sobs as he clutched himself tightly. “I want to live…”
“All right, all right, don’t cry. How about you come with me after you die? I’ll take you away from here.” Manjusaka stood beside the bed and cradled Alois’s head. “Sleep now, sleep, tormented soul. Sleep now, sleep, and you’ll be pure and beautiful. Sleep now, sleep. I will be your anchor forever.” A manjusaka flower bloomed from Alois’s heart, putting down roots in his soul.
A bewitching manjusaka flower bloomed on his lower back.
The boy was laid gently on the bed. The woman in red vanished, and a spider was drawn to the sleeping boy, who was plagued by nightmares. It formed a contract with him.
