One wrong move in the game of chess led to a total mess, and Sienna Johnson lost miserably.
She closed her eyes, her heart feeling as if it were being sliced by a knife, filled with an indescribable sorrow and despair. No matter what she said, Adrian Desmond would never believe her again. Sienna thought of the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"—the boy who lied about the wolf coming time and time again, until nobody believed him when the wolf actually came.
Xavier Young listened with great pleasure, his face radiant. Standing at the door, he said, "Sixth Master, let me kill this woman so you won't have to dirty your hands!" Xavier stared at Sienna's eyes, his own filled with bloodthirsty excitement.
Kiki cried loudly, knelt on the ground, and begged, "Sixth Master, please spare Mai; she didn't mean to deceive you. She knows she was wrong. Please give her another chance! Sixth Master, I beg you..."
