Ep 4 — Dynasty of Despair
“Fear teaches obedience. Pain teaches silence.”
The girl woke up with a ragged gasp. Her throat burned as she sat up on the unfamiliar bed, head pounding. Bandages tugged at her bruised skin. The dim room was filled with scent of antiseptic and faint lavender. Panic clawed up her chest.
She scanned around frantically until her eyes landed on the boy at the study table.
He sat, unmoving, staring blankly at his open book as if her presence meant nothing. The ticking clock was the only sound.
He didn’t reply. His pencil moved across the page with silent focus. His hand trembled slightly. His lips were pale, eyes sunken in sleepless shadows. Xandros.
She tried to stand. Her knees gave out. Instinctively, she reached forward – her fingers brushed against his arm.
The pencil clattered to the floor.
Breath stopped in his throat. His vision blurred. The room twisted violently as flashbacks smashed into his skull.
Hands gripping his wrists.
Rough touch ripping him apart.
The smell of sweat and stale alcohol.
The suffocating darkness.
Mother’s screams from afar.
His own scream – muffled.
His scream erupted, raw and broken.
She flinched back, hitting the bedframe, eyes wide in horror. His chest heaved painfully. Tears pricked the corners of his eyes, but they never fell. He stumbled away from her touch, clutching his wrist like it burned.
Cold steel flooded the room.
Blood stained her grey tactical suit, dripping from a gash on her temple. Her gloved hands were still stained red as she removed her bulletproof vest, eyes flicking to the girl, then to her son trembling against the bookshelf.
Without a word, she grabbed the girl by the neck and slammed her into the wall. The girl choked out a strangled cry.
Sher (voice cold, terrifyingly calm):
Her grip tightened. The girl clawed at her wrist, vision darkening.
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Xandros’ hoarse voice echoed behind her
Xandros
Do....n't k..ill her
Sher paused. Her fingers loosened imperceptibly. She turned her gaze, bloodshot and soulless, towards him. Their eyes met. His were trembling with tears unshed.
For a second, something flickered across her face – annoyance, confusion, regret – but it vanished instantly.
She let go. The girl collapsed onto the bed, coughing violently.
Sher turned away without a single word to her son. She walked out, blood dripping from her gloves onto the marble floor, boots echoing with terrifying finality.
The door slammed shut.
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Comments
Taqi×⃟™֮
I waited for 50 episodes just to watch her being choked by her
lol
& it happened in online 4 episodes
2025-07-01
21
Dare Devil
Just for this one scene between sher and alora
We waited for 52 episodes but it never came
& Now just on Ep 4 it happen
2025-07-01
10
𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲
Relax Alora will show her true colors in the upcoming episodes
She can't change as far as I can predict
The things that should be noticed right now is xandros's reaction
2025-07-01
7