Chapter 163 - Soul hunt

Clara blinked and shut her eyes. 

Leo's last sentence made her feel bad at herself. She did call him an idiot and said many insultive words to him for being too considerate.

She recalled how she was harsh with him in the car when they left the banquet. 

The day Leo said 'before you kill someone, you should consider those who rely on that person to survive'.

She was so pissed then and it makes her dislike him more, but now it's different. 

She thought of how Leo became when he was angry at her, thinking she kissed Tim. 

She was even more scared than Leo now.

She didn't want him to snap. It was so scary when he lose it.

The madness in his eyes when he shouted at her was too much. The way he bit her lips without remorse only proves that he wasn't gentle at all. 

He wasn't himself then and was totally consumed by jealousy and anger. 

She's scared of how his actions will hunt him after, just like what he did to her, hunted him. 

She does not want him to go bad, but she couldn't even tell him something to give hope at the moment. 

'I need to do something.' She said to herself and pulled back from hugging his head to her chest and he looked up at her. 

"I need to do something. I will be back soon." She said.

Leo continued looking at her, expecting her to tell him something like, I want to go and check if I can find a solution or there is hope.

But Clara couldn't give him false hope, as she herself was not sure if there would be a way out. She just couldn't wait till Leo became a monster because of her past insults and harsh criticism.

Seeing her not saying anything, Leo swallowed hard and returned to staring into space, as he knew Mick will not survive if they rely on human treatment, which is why he hoped Clara could help somehow, as she is not entirely human. 

But it seems that won't be the case. He's near to losing the man as minutes went by. 

****

At Jerry's side.

Ever since Jimmy returned with his boys, he has not been the same

They should be rejoicing for a mission well done, but instead, he sat at a corner hugging his thighs to his chest like a scared little kid and staring into space with fear written all over his face.

If he really thought that he escaped the little princess's wrath, then he must be kidding himself, because the moment he stares into Belle's eyes at Leo's mansion, the feeling he got that she stared into his soul was true.

It was a soul hunt. She is not yet a guardian, which means she has no rules tying her down from hurting a human.

"What's wrong with you?" Jerry asked as he saw Jimmy shaking his head at a certain direction muttering, "no.. no.. go away, go away from me. I didn't touch you, I let you live, leave me alone."

Jerry felt fear gripped his heart. He wonders what could make a high criminal like Jim cowering in fear like this, and wonder what he is staring at.

He barely took off his gloves but they were already tossed aside. His shirt half buttoned and expression marred with extreme fear. 

Jerry followed his line of sight and stared at that same direction that the man was staring at, but saw nothing, yet Jim was acting up while looking in the same direction.

He had even thrown away all the fighting weapons which never left his side for once.

"What happened to you?" Jerry squatted down in front of him, trying to understand what's making him this way.

"Tell that girl to leave me alone. I didn't touch her. I only killed that man, I let her live, so tell her to leave." Jim pointed at Belle in that same spot and shut his eyes. 

Jerry stared at the direction again and looked back at him, "there is no one there." Jerry said with a confused expression. 

Jim suddenly grabbed his left leg and buried his face in his thigh, "you have to help me. I have done everything for you all this while, make her leave please, I'm begging you." He wailed. 

Jerry's face got drained of its energy immediately. "What's going on?" He asked no one in particular. 

"But I can't see anything." He added. 

****

Back at the hospital.

The doctors are going through Mick's chart with a complicated expression. 

They look at it from every angle, but the result still remains the same, they all shook their heads as they couldn't even do anything to help the chairman of their hospital, dear one.

But they have no choice than to tell him the truth.

****

A doctor came into Mick's ward, after going through his chart with his fellow doctors that handled his operation. 

"President Raymond, can I speak with you in private please?" He asked Leo.

"Say it here." Leo said with his eyes that still remained shut.

The doctor looked at the little princess who still had her eyes glued on Mick, and wondered if it's okay to break such news in front of a little girl.

Before he could try to reason with Leo, his voice rang in his ears once again. "Say it".

This time it was more like a command. "Well hum, we are sorry but we can't perform another surgery on him. His body is too old to go through it and I'm afraid if we try it, we will just make his death come sooner

He might not be able to survive through the operation." The doctor said.

"Might?" Leo asked, "does that mean there is little chance he will survive?" He added.

The doctor looked at him In panic, as he was just trying not to be harsh because of Belle, but now they gave him no choice.

"I'm sorry sir, but there is no chance that he would survive the surgery. He might still be able to survive through this week before he lost his life if we did not perform another surgery on him." The doctor finally let out the bitter truth. 

The lights in the ward started flickering, making the doctor look up in confusion. 

Belle is losing it.