CHAPTER FIFTY ONELUCIAN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I turned off the shower. The burning anguish continued in my chest until my hands trembled from it.Everything continued to replay in my mind, from the moment Brie was kidnapped to the doctor's words. Nicholas and his bastard son were dead, I wanted to bring them back to life, only so I could kill them again. She had said that it wasn't my fault, of course, it fucking was! If only I had not hesitated to plan this through if I had saved her earlier. Our baby! And my redemption would have been alive, it was gone before it was able to form fully. I passed by the mirror, my reflection gazed back at me. Loath seethed beneath my skin. I couldn't bear the sight of myself, the longer I stared the more burning intense feeling to ruin everything became. A hiss of pure anguish erupted from my throat as my fist made heavy contact wi

CHAPTER FIFTY THREE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~GABRIELLELucian returned later in the evening, just when I was just about to fall asleep, the door was pushed opened and he walked inside. He met my gaze briefly before he walked over to the wardrobe and started to take off his shirt.I pretended to be busy with the book in my hand, he couldn't know that I had waited up because of him. In these past few days, he always left for work before I woke up and always returned when I must have slept off. Why would a person work so much?  Wasn't it too tiring? Truth was that I missed him. And it was way more than even I would ever understand. When I didn't want his attention, I had all of it. And suddenly, when I did, he was ignoring me? My eyes followed him until he entered inside the bathroom and I heard the sound of the shower running. I released a sigh I didn't know I was holding, it was of disappointment, he

CHAPTER FIFTY FIVEGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Something was not right. I chewed on my breakfast softly wondering why I was feeling troubled. Lucian had gone to handle some business matters, he didn't go into complete details with me, but I thought it was weird that no sooner did he leave the house, my father followed. Dad had been in such haste that he even skipped having breakfast. Did something happen with the factory? Or maybe there had been an attack on any of the batch of products? Mom retired to her room, I couldn't help but notice that even she seemed distracted, after the way our conversation ended yesterday, I've been trying to get answers from her but she always waved it off each time. A beeping sound disrupted my thought, my eyes located the source of the sound, it was Phoebe's cellphone. She must have forgotten it on the breakfast table before she left for her room. Maybe it was an important call? With that though

CHAPTER FIFTY SEVENGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I stared at Derek blankly as he led us towards the door, different thoughts were running through my mind, each leaving me even more confused than the last.Here was Derek who has only ever loved me, Lucian on the other hand had caused me much pain and there was no guarantee that he would change, that he would get to love me in a normal way.It should have been very easy to make a decision, if I walked out this door with Derek, then I probably would never see Lucian ever again, I wouldn't have to live in the constant fear that he would suddenly snap and hurt me. Despite knowing all these, my chest still felt too stuffy, my stomach was cramped with unease. I felt as though I was betraying Lucian, I would be hurting him. I couldn't imagine how upset he would be, what if he abuses himself again? And what about me? Would I be able to go on with my life as though Lucian hadn't happened? I al

CHAPTER FIFTY NINEGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I couldn't believe I said that. I didn't know if I would have gone ahead with it, but I knew that I would not be able to live with myself after this if Derek died from this incident. I tightened my hand around the gun, my heart pounding faster and harder until it threatened to break out. All the while, I heard Lucian's stare and knew the exact moment he gave in. He was bloody furious at me but I also saw the anxiety he had not been able to hide, he didn't want to guess if I would actually do it or not and it worked to my advantage. "Fine!" He spoke in between gritted teeth, shoving Derek away roughly but not before giving him a cheap knee to the gut. I did not rejoice on my victory, it was still far from over, the danger was still looming and currently striding towards me in heavy steps.  "Don't come closer!" I yelled, taking a step backward. He