Chapter 21

Amber was feeling extremely angry. Just a moment ago when she had intended to discuss with Zachary their marriage plans, he had lost his temper at her and shunned her off. Wasn't it obvious that she was going to discuss their future plans she had in mind anytime soon? After all, they had been together for quite some time now and had many intimate moments these past years…

"It must be that girl just now," thought Amber as Haine's face appeared in her mind. Just who is she anyway, for Zachary to go out of his way to buy a necklace for her… No matter how much efforts she had put in to bind Zachary to herself, there was always an endless number of women surrounding around him. It was already enough as it is to endure his constant attention to his sister, but for Zachary to actually dismiss off Amber for the sake of this girl who had been here for only a year, it was more than she could bear…

"Care to have some fun lady?" a guy leaning against the alley wall asked her. It was night time and she was on the streets of London, attempting to take a stroll around town to take her mind off her earlier rejection.

"Leave me alone," she said and as the guy proceeded to grab her hand, accidentally slipping her right glove off in the process, Amber immediately pushed him away with her left hand.

"Stay away from me unless you want to die," said Amber, who meant it literally as she kept her exposed nails away from the man.

"Oooo… I love ladies who put up a tough front like you, I want to screw you even more now," said the man as he licked his lips with 2 other guys behind him emerging from the darkness.

Still feeling extremely upset and even more irritated now, Amber was on the verge of her breaking point.

"Come on let's check into the hotel or something," said one of the guys as he placed a hand over her shoulder and attempted to drag her along with him until…

"Argh!" the guy yelled in pain and blood was dripping from Amber's nails; three deep and huge scratch marks had appeared on the man's face.

"Why you bitch!" another had said and attempted to attack her but to no avail; Amber evaded in an instant and slashed his neck with her nails.

"You guys have appeared at the right time," said Amber as she removed her other glove, "I am feeling extremely pissed off right now and you guys will be nice victims for me to vent my anger on…"

And right after saying that, she lunged forward at the last man standing and pierced his chest with her left nails. As he attempted to get back up, he suddenly stopped in horror and looked down at his chest wound; it was turning black and looked as though it was rotting away. He turned towards his two other friends and found that one of the man's face had turned completely black as his body laid extremely limp and still with his eyes and mouth wide opened; he was dead. As blood was flowing non-stop from the other guy's neck, whereby the black area was getting bigger and bigger by the second, the man who was pierced in his chest grabbed Amber's shirt and held her against the wall with great difficulty keeping his legs straight. "What did you do woman…" the man struggled to say.

"I injected poison into you guys with my nails," replied Amber, who sounded uncaring and continued to stare at him with a cold expression on her face, "You can die slowly and miserably. Goodbye…" and while saying that, the man loosened his grip on Amber as he fell to the ground, with all sign of life finally leaving him.

"Bravo…Bravo…As expected from Amber Lockhart," a voice had suddenly said behind Amber as the man continued to clap sarcastically, "You must be the poison user…"

"Who are you?" asked Amber, betraying a hint of fear in her voice; she had rarely been unable to notice the presence of someone standing directly behind her.

"The same as you, someone who is able to see the light as well," he said, "I heard you mumbling to yourself a moment ago and if I were very much mistaken, you had faced rejection in love just a while ago… A third party eh? How distressing..."

"What does it matter to you?" said Amber, who was eyeing the man with caution, "Unless you want to end up like those guys over there I suggest you stay away from me…" and while saying that, she turned to walk away but to her astonishment, her legs were bound by the roots and branches from a nearby plant, preventing her from taking another step.

"I'll keep those nails to myself if I were you," he said as a few more branches extended out from the plant and wrapped around Amber's hands, rendering her completely paralyzed.

"Just what on earth do you want from me?" said Amber, who continued to stare in contempt at the man.

"Relax, I am just here to compromise," he said as he picked up the pair of brown gloves from the floor and fitted them back into Amber's hands, "In just a few days time Rufus Robinson will without a doubt order you guys to raid a facility somewhere in Mexico. All I need from you is the exact time and course of action you guys will take when you infiltrate into the building."

"And what will you give me in return if I do that?" demanded Amber.

"I will use the chance to wipe off the existence of your third party from the face of the Earth, leaving you and your lover to pursue a happily ever after ending… Is that not enough?" asked the man silkily.

Amber had opened her mouth to protest but hesitated at the last moment, and then after considering the man intently, she finally said, "Deal. The girl is Haine Amamiya, do a clean and proper job out of it."

"Haine eh? This will be interesting," the man said with a sadistic grin as he caressed the side of his face which was covered with a deep and ugly scar.

Releasing Amber from the plants, he held out his hand to her and said, "You can call me Sousuke by the way, Sousuke Hiou and I am sure we will be happy working partners from now on."

Glancing upwards at the one and only huge dazzling star in the sky (God's eye), Amber stared back down at Sousuke and smiled; she will have Zachary to herself, no matter what it takes.