CHAPTER FORTY FOUR
GABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~His eyes widened as the fingers slowly started to ease until they completely slipped away."What did you say?" His voice was low, his silvery eyes deeply glued to mine. I saw the anger vaporizing out of them, replaced by an intense hopeful look that made guilt pierce at my insides."You just said that..." He paused, staring at me expectantly for an answer.My throat suddenly went tight, I was practically trembling out of fear, nervousness as well as guilt.Even for someone such as him, it didn't feel right to deceive him in a manner."I'm p..pregnant." I repeated, hoping I sounded and looked convincing enough.I clenched my fingers tightly as he seemed to process the information in his mind.A pregnancy wasn't something I could lie about forever, it was only a matter of time before I got discovered.There was no time for regrets, I couldn't afford to worry about tCHAPTER 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 SIXGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Silence followed. Whoever it was outside was either going away or thinking of a way to enter inside. Lucian met my gaze, then held a finger to his lips. My heart missed a beat when he started to approach the door slowly, his gun firmly clenched in his hand.Panic jolted through me, why was he heading towards danger, whoever it was out there was probably armed, what if he gets hurt? Or killed? My heart clenched tightly in terror, I didn't want him to die. The door kicked open, splinters of wood flying everywhere, shortly followed by gunshots. My eyes were shut close, I didn't realize that the scream that rendered the air was mine until I felt a touch on my shoulders. My eyes flew open, words couldn't express the relief that soared through me when I saw Lucian. His arms went around me, almost the way one would hold a scared child. "It's okay, now. We are fine." He mu
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 EIGHTGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I was uncomfortable. My head hurt, so did my stomach, was it the cramps at this time of the month?The sound of a door opening and yelling voices engaged in an argument welcomed me to reality. I groaned at the pain in my head, it felt as though my skull had been cracked open by a wicked axe.The last thing I remembered was that big hairy man___oh god!I had been kidnapped! The thought made my eyes fly open.I was lying on a bed in what looked like a bedroom.I started to move when two figures walked inside the room. An older man who looked to be in his sixties and a younger man who I could guess to be in his late twenties or early thirties at most.I recognized them almost instantly. They were present during the wedding! Lucian's family, why would they attack us and kidnap me?Their gazes started to shift in my direc
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
CHAPTER FIFTYLUCIAN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I stared down at Brie, willing her to be alright, desperately praying that our baby was safe.I had carried her home and quickly ordered for a doctor.She was bleeding. I had the dreadful feeling that it was too late, miraculously as our baby had appeared, it had been too good to be true, and now it was going to leave. We would never get to know if the baby would have been a girl or a boy. Despite these negative thoughts, I desperately was clinging to a last straw of hope. The doctor's gaze held confusion mixed with uncertainty."What's it?" I spoke, expecting to hear the worse from him."How far along was she?" He asked and a frown formed across my face, what had that to do with anything? I only wanted to know if the baby was fine."About four weeks." Brie provided the answer and my eyes shifted in her direction, she wet her lips, lo
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 TWOGABRIELLE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The days slowly turned into weeks, I was finally allowed to leave the room and walk around by myself. My injuries were healed and I could finally move around without pain, even better was that I could finally stop taking those disgusting blood capsules.I tied my hair into a ponytail, it was longer now, already brushing past my shoulders. Today, I could finally do what I had been anticipating in these past days. Lucian was working at this time which was why I considered it as the best opportunity.I walked into the kitchen to see Geoffrey, he didn't realize my presence until I was merely some spaces away."Ma'am!" He exclaimed.I crossed both my arms, it wasn't the first time I had told him to just call me by my name, but he always preferred to call me just that or addressing me as Mrs. Castiel. I always felt odd because he was quite elderly to me."What do you w