"Renee, is that you?" Stefan asked unsurely as he moved forward, reaching out to try and figure out where the woman was. Despair marred his perfectly contoured face. Impossible! He must have heard it wrong!

However, it was indeed the Night Demon's style to do such an inhuman thing. Was Renee really�

"S-Stefan?" The heartbroken Seraphina heard Stefan's voice and a spark of hope flickered in her. She looked at the man in disbelief as she rushed towards him frantically. "Stefan? Is it really you, or am I hallucinating? You're here... You're finally here!"

Only then did Stefan realize that the voice was not Renee. Though it was unusually hoarse and sad, he vaguely recognized Seraphina's voice.

"Seraphina? Is that you?"

"Stefan! What do you mean? I'm Seraphina. Don't you recognize me?" Seraphina tried to tidy her torn clothes, her eyes filled with tears. She looked at Stefan, feeling ashamed. "Are you disgusted? Those monsters hurt me and made me dirty. Is that why you don't want to talk to me anymore?"

"Oh, it's you!" Stefan exhaled, feeling relieved. Stefan had thought it was Renee who called for help, and images of her being tortured had flooded his mind and made his head ache. Fortunately, it was not Renee.

"W-What do you mean?" The desperation in Seraphina's eyes grew. Stefan's attitude towards her was a million times more painful than the abuse she had just suffered.

"Did you think I was Renee? Did you think those monsters tortured Renee as she tried to save you? Are you relieved to find out that it was just me? Because if it's me, you wouldn't have cared as much, would you?" Seraphina cried out bitterly.

Stefan did not reply, and instead asked her, "Seraphina, what are you doing here? What happened?"

Seraphina stumbled back tears streaming down her face. Stefan's indifferent attitude devastated her.

"Stefan, what do you think happened? Didn't you see what happened to me just now? Are you blind? Do you even have a heart? I came here to save you! Do I really deserve this?!"

"Seraphina, just calm down and tell me what happened?"

Stefan made his way towards Seraphina and tried to pull her. He fumbled for a long time but still could not reach her.

"W-What's wrong with you? Are you looking for something? What's wrong with your eyes?"

Although she was heartbroken, Seraphina eventually noticed something strange about Stefan. She waved her hand in front of Stefan's face, but to her surprise, his deep eyes showed no response at all!

"I can't can't see anything. My eyes are indeed blind�" Stefan spoke calmly. Now, he had become indifferent to his fate. "You shouldn't have come. It's dangerous here. Come here�" Stefan said reassuringly and reached out to the woman, I'll take you away."

Seraphina was no longer in the mood to care about safety. She had gotten into such a state, and safety did not matter anymore. What was the point anyway?

"Y-your eyes... How can you be blind? What have you been through?" Seraphina asked hesitantly. The once powerful and successful man was now... blind? For her, the realization was more painful and heartbreaking that anything else!

"It doesn't matter anymore. The man in charge is a cold-blooded and heartless freak. He'll do anything to hurt you. You have to leave now. Come here!" Stefan waved in the direction of Seraphina's voice. JrNovels.com