Blood Oath: Forever Yours

Charlotte was soaked to the skin while aimlessly wandering the streets in the downpour like a lonely spirit.

Just when she had finally stumbled upon a 24-hour convenience store, the clerk shut her out at once while casting her glances that were full of contempt towards her abject state for fear that she would set foot in the store with her muddy shoes.

She could only huddle herself up while shivering all over under the eaves outside the store, and her eyes unknowingly started to redden and well up with tears.

Her father and brother had been missing, and Evelyn was constantly terrorizing her with all the threats against her family, and now the person that she loved the most even detested her to the core. All she wanted was a glass of hot water to warm herself up when she was down and out and stone broke, but even such a small wish could not be fulfilled.

It was not the first time that she had desperately wanted to know whether it was because she had committed a sin five years ago that the world was so ruthless and full of malice towards her since then.

The door was pushed open abruptly at that moment, and the sound of approaching footsteps could be heard closing in on her.

She instinctively thought that someone was coming to drive her away, so she slowly rose to her feet while supporting herself with her hands on the ground with a self-deprecating smile on her face. She uttered without even looking back, “Don’t worry, I’ll leave right now.”

Her voice was caught by someone whom was standing behind her, and that person hesitantly took a few steps forward while calling out to her tentatively, “Are you… Lotta? Charlotte?”

the familiarity in that voice as well, and just when she was about to turn around to take a look at the owner of the voice, she was seized by a sudden rush of dizziness,

the steps in the next second when her body

“Lotta!”

…

for a long time, and

in front of the window when she had woken up, and the figure promptly turned her head upon detecting some subtle voice coming from Charlotte. Her countenance was beaming with joy when

walked over to her and proceeded to take a seat beside her bed as she explained while clasping her hand, “I’ve asked someone to help bring you back to my home after you have fainted outside the store. I was going to give you a hot shower just now, but you were clutching on to your cuffs so

have you been all these years, Lotta? Why have

woman whom was seated in front of her, and she was instantly on the

Harris, the woman whom had regarded her as her own child and treated her with so much love and affection with all her heart back

the next moment, and she got out of bed at once to escape from her without uttering a single word as she was mortified to face

she could leave, “It’s been so many years.

from her heartbroken state, “Take it easy. I won’t ask you anything that you don’t feel comfortable in letting me know, but