It's who you are [prologue]

[ Warnings for ABO verse, if that's not your cup of tea. I'm still sort of shocked I'm writing this, but enjoy the prologue/sneak peak of something that will probably get posted a while later. ]

With the last base slave’s neck snapped, the forest fell silent. Xie Lian waited, straining his ears for any sounds from Fu Yao or Nan Feng—or, perhaps, an enemy—but there was nothing. The silence permeated the air as thickly as the stench of rotten flesh. Xie Lian sighed, and he could only continue to wait.

As if answering a summons, a new scent mixed in with the rot. It would have been a sweet, pleasant scent had it not mixed with the stench of death and evil to create something sticky and nauseating.

The curtain to the sedan parted, and a hand appeared. Just as Xie Lian, it waited.

Taking a deep breath, he took it.

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