Her parents

“You left Lucian to protect your parents, right?”. He smirks, letting out a deep sign.

“Shall I tell you a story baby?”.

Derek leaned in close, his eyes boring into hers. "A story of love and betrayal," he said, his voice low and seductive. "A story of the lengths people will go to for the ones they care about. A story of darkness and light, of hope and despair. Do you want to hear it?."

“I have no interest in whatever you wanna say!”. She scoffed, looking away from me.

“I’m sure you will, it involves your parents, baby!”.

“Don’t you dare bring my parents into this Lucas!”. She uttered.

He laughed.

“Incase you haven’t noticed, there is a projector by your side, why don’t I play it and we will both watch how Lucian tortures your parent? Huh? Sounds good right?”.

Ava froze, her blood turning to ice in her veins. "What?" she whispered, her voice barely audible. "What did you just say?"

Derek's smile was smug and cruel. "I said," he said, his tone low and cold, "that I'm going to show