CHAPTER FORTY ONEGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My eyes fluttered open to the dim lights.The next thing my body registered was pain. The throbbing sensation inside of my head was sharp, it caused instant tears to gather in my eyes and spill down my cheeks.I blinked to clear my eyes, then staggered to a sitting position on the bed. I searched my eyes around the room to discover I was alone. The thought of Lucian and the murderous rage which had been the last thing I had seen in his eyes sent a thrill of panic through me. I gently lifted a hand to my face and a small moan escaped my mouth, the skin there was very tender to touch, I discovered there was a bandage wrapped around my head. It must have been done while I had been unconscious. I placed my feet on the floor and got off the bed, I headed straight for the door to discover it was locked. It wasn't as though I hadn't expected it but it filled me with a greater fee

CHAPTER FORTY-THREEGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~He didn't move and my heart kept thumping harder and harder until I thought I would pass out on the tiled floor. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Gabrielle.I should have just stayed in my room, but I decided to go sound hunting so late in the night. I wondered if it was mere curiosity that had led me to this place or that it was perhaps I had already guessed that it was him who would be playing and had dared take the risk to see him. Whatever the reason was, it was turning out to be one of the most foolish things I've ever done. He still didn't move and I suddenly wondered if he could really see me from his spot. Maybe I still had a chance to leave. Just as I started to inch my head away, the shadow suddenly moved. "Gabrielle?" I panicked at the sound of my name, and even more when he reached to where I was in a blur. 

CHAPTER FORTY FIVEGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I woke up to the feeling of warmth beside me, I remembered Lucian had carried me back here last night. Oh god! Panic flared as all of the memories rushed through me. I had lied about being pregnant! Of all the lies in the world, it had to be just that. I had managed to get away with it last night, but for how long? The pills I had taken would keep me safe for another one month, so I couldn't even hope to miraculously get pregnant. After last night, I discovered that Lucian might not be that bad of a father as I thought he would be. Even though he didn't love me, he appeared to adore the baby he thought I was carrying. If he wasn't as immune to emotions as I thought he was, did it mean that there was still the slightest hope for us? Now that I fully accepted that I was going to be with him, maybe we could try to make us work? The proble

CHAPTER FORTY SEVENGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I put on forced bravery and managed not to stumble with each step that made my legs feel like heavy blocks of lead. "Is this her?" He hissed at Julia, shaking her roughly. "What do you want with me!" I gritted, an ugly smile twisted on his lips and before I could guess his intentions, she shoved Julia forcefully away from him and a shot rang out. "No!!" I screamed in terror as I watched the red flower that bloomed at her chest begin to spread.He shot her! My eyes blurred with tears as I watched her struggle to breathe. Painful noises escaped her mouth. It didn't take long before she went completely limp. Dead? I prayed not. The man looked absolutely unremorseful as he tilted my chin with the mouth of his gun. I couldn't help but feel that Julia had died because of me, maybe if she had just told the truth from the begi

CHAPTER FORTY NINELUCIAN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Use the worm to draw out the fish, it was an old saying, one that proved useful most of the time. That was the reason Brie had been abducted,  they saw her as a weakness I had. Barging inside just like that would give them exactly what they wanted, putting me at a disadvantage, so I waited.  Finding the exact warehouse that Brie was located had taken some time and now it was so hard to be only a few distances away from where she was and yet so far that I couldn't get in. I waited impatiently for my men to give the signal that they had performed the task I assigned to them. When I had removed Nicholas from the group, that had meant to teach him a lesson, still he made this huge mistake. All I could think about now was several ways to put an end to his miserable life and fuck whatever restriction about not killing blood relatives. He should have known better. I would make t