Bai Yuanyuan’s fiery resolve was instantly extinguished, as if doused with ice water. A chill seeped into her bones, so profound it felt as if the blood in her veins had frozen solid.
An uncontrollable tremor wracked her body, and a dull ache started in her chest.
It took her a long moment to find her voice. “What… what are you doing?”
The familiar opening gambit. Her quavering voice betrayed the
















