strange and meaningless, other times just plain confusing. A few of them had actually helped her foresee some future events in the past but more often than not, she found i

iled to land her in captivity a few weeks ago. Since then she had decided to

Looking around she found no sign of fauna despite the nature of the forest. A thick fog permeated the atmosphere on one side of the clearing. It moved slowly but she could see th

zed her captivity, with the fog signifying her im

e tail from the branch of an evergreen tree, brown monkey watched her closely, a few feet away from the creature, a long slender green snake did the same while coiled up on a leafy branch. Below the two animals, a bushy tailed fox sat on its hind

With surprisingly great strength, it tore the chains apart and freed her feet. The orange furred fox trotted over t

s met the tiger's and she felt felt the intimidating aura the majestic beast radiated naturally. Frozen in place, she could only watch as it approached her slowly, circling

een, she did not want to know, despite having a good idea what it might have been. They had begun to lead her out of the clearin

not on her cell anymore. As far as she knew, cells did not have ceilings and walls made of lacquered redwood, and the clothes lying haphazardly only served to solidify tha

ade her lean back to escape the throbbing in her skull but she regained herself in time to look at her helper. To her right, a kind and handsome masculine face stared down at her with a small smile. He had ches

bed to sit down in the chair on her left. He held a small wooden cu

e had been visited by two dark figures in her cell after they had massacred her guards and quickl

kidnap me?" Sh

you out of prison thereby saving you

an pleasant intentions towards her. She might not have known her current hosts' plans for her but at least they had not thrown her into a cage yet. That was good enough for

e?" She asked the y

ied, the name strikin

slowly, her brows furrowing slightly as she attemp

village of Xiaohé. My family used to be in cha

"That's it! I've been there once in my chi

ted the mythical creatures, dragons and their monumental importance in Chinese culture. Dragon-themed decorations were primarily used for the Festival as well as colorful fireworks, the most common factor in Chinese celebrations. He recall

d. There was next to nothing left of his family's temple and even less of the family itself

name so I suppose yo

musical talent and allegedly exceptional thievery skills. Also wanted i

r slowly widening eyes as he laid out some of the information they had a

use of her restraint had been out of fear. The people who had captured her initially had done so to use her for some weird ritual that she knew nothing about, having only when heard of the act in passing from the woman in charge of h

t, but they knew a lot more about herself than she was comfortable with random people knowing. He

" Jiang reassured with a casual wave of his hand. "We went through a lot of trouble getting you out