"How could you?" Cixi shook her head, unable to force her thoughts into order, unable to accept the reasoning being forced upon her. "How could you punish me for a name? Are you going to hunt down every single woman named Cixi who seeks an escape from her misery?"
Pain burned in her eyes. The whites of her eyes had turned slightly red, thin veins surfacing from the pressure building behind them.
"There is no other Cixi in this world apart from you," the Reaper answered, its voice carrying the authority of someone who only knew how to declare.
Cixi pressed her lips together, fighting the sudden urge to scream until her lungs gave out. Out of all the names in the world… her parents had to choose the name Cixi….
Why would they choose that name when they were not even from Asia? Did they think that by giving her the name Cixi, she would turn into an empress once she grew up?
Her mind almost cursed the day she was born.
