The ray of the full moon fell on the translucent token in Senja's hand as she twirled it between her fingers. This was another night where Xiao Tianyao 'visited' her room again.

"Shadow Warrior?" She drawled her question.

Both of them sat on the couch leisurely, or it was only Xiao Tianyao who was sitting while Senja was laying down on her back, using Xiao Tianyao's thigh as her pillow.

Xiao Tianyao just told her everything that Elder Dam had told him in this evening and Utara's report as well.

"Hmm… what do you think about that?" Xiao Tianyao asked while playing with her purple hair, feeling the soft strands between his fingers.

Senja slightly surprised when Xiao Tianyao asked her opinion, but also happy because her perspective was matter for him.

"Hmm… I think what grandfather said is right, if even the mind controller and the stone of paradox are existed." Senja pointed her pendant. "Then you can't say for sure if the Shadow Warriors are not."

Xiao Tianyao paid more attention to her hair as he listened to her.

"Even me, I can't explain how I get this vision and my other ability." Senja added. "So, can you tell me what the predicament situation that we will face?"

"This is an old story…" Xiao Tianyao mumbled. "The current Emperor schemed against my parents that bring them to their death and all this time he had been aiming Jun and me, so we are only waiting the right time to settle all the things between us."

Xiao Tianyao said leisurely, without any emotion. One would have thought that he was only talking about common commotion that could be settled down by a long discussion.

Yet, Senja knew behind all of those emotionless explanations, the thing about 'settle down' was including bloody war and endless scheming. Xiao Tianyao only beautified the dreadful meaning behind it.

Senja sat up straight and cupped his face between her palms. "I know the road ahead won't be easy and I won't be much help for you. But, I will make sure that I won't leave your side, no matter what."

Senja wanted to grimace upon hearing her cheesy words, but that was what she felt and she didn't know how to say it in another way.

Xiao Tianyao stared at Senja's dark brown eyes, the feeling that he felt for her wasn't something that he could explain. He wanted to be with her, kept her save, played with her hair, teased her, smelled her scent, touched her, kissed her, but lust was in his last list.

He simply wanted her.

There were dozens word that he wanted to say for the fascinating girl in front of him, to let her knew how he really appreciated her words, but despite many words that bubbling up in his chest. He only could bring himself to say simple words of…

"Thank you…" He whispered softly as he hugged her tightly.

Senja snuggled on the juncture of his shoulder.

After sometime they savored each other silent company, Senja asked him. "What you will do next?"

"The end of next month is the meeting between Goozu and Bian. I will be away for a while. Because of the matter at Q city had been settled, Jun will come before he go back to the Capital City."

Upon hearing Xiao Jun would come Senja's interest perk up. This was what she had been waiting for…

She needed to ask something to Xiao Jun about Xiao Tianyao, she felt there was something off from him, the way he didn't remember certain things and also Senja felt there was something that Xiao Jun had hid from Xiao Tianyao as well.

"So, why Wang Yu went to the Capital City?" Senja asked.

"He is one of the Emperor people, my guess they will discuss about the rare plant."

**Misty Cloud Clan had been gathering young children and now the Emperor is collecting, Amanita mushroom, the hallucination plant… What they up to?** Senja was thinking as she released her embrace at Xiao Tianyao and slouched down to lay her head on Xiao Tianyao thigh again.

There was something amiss about all of this…

"Tianyao, don't you think that the Emperor involved with Senja's sudden disappearance a year ago?"

Xiao Tianyao looked at her. "There is a possibility of it, but why do you think like that?"

"Because if the Emperor involved with Senja disappearance a year ago and now Wang Yu is heading to meet him, I think Wang Yu found something about me that he needed to confirm to The Emperor." Senja's eyes wandered to the moon outside her window. "The other Senja is in Misty Cloud Clan and the only access to contact that Clan is through the Emperor, right?"

Xiao Tianyao had said that Wang Yu didn't have access to that Clan, thus there was a high possibility for him to asking the Emperor about the real Senja whereabouts.

"…I missed that point." Xiao Tianyao spoke absentmindedly. He really missed this point if Senja didn't mention it.