A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 1392

Eleanor, with the quiet resolve of one who cannot bear to face the heartache of departure, left her words hanging in the cool morning air as she took a step back and turned away.

Other expectant mothers glowed with a hearty roundness, but Eleanor, even in pregnancy, seemed frail, as if a gentle breeze might topple her.

Bernard watched her fragile silhouette retreating, his heart aching so fiercely that he could no longer contain himself. He called out her name, his voice trembling with emotion, “Eleanor.”

At the sound of his quavering voice, Eleanor’s pace slowed, but she did not turn around. She was waiting for him to say, “Let’s go together, but the words

never came.

“I’ll come back with the might of the Siren Organization. Don’t stay in Area Opaca, it’s too dangerous,” he said instead.

With those words, Eleanor’s hope sank. She nodded slightly, then without looking back, quickened her steps toward the entrance of the District A mansion.

This time, Bernard didn’t call out to stop her. No matter how much he wanted to, he simply couldn’t. Because he knew as long as he left, Yates wouldn’t harm her.

Eleanor walk away without looking back.

forgot to tell you,” she said with a steadiness that belied her turmoil. “The Siren Organization was founded before you were born,

its members once kill my grandmother. You might find a lead there, tracing back the enmity between Darkness and Yates.”

away, leaving Bernard frozen in place. Siren Organization-and its former identity as Darkness-existed long before his birth? But Mr. Penrod had told him that the Siren Organization was created to cultivate power for him, and it

existed before his birth, it meant Mr. Penrod had

sort through the onslaught of information, a helicopter swooped in, landing in front of him. A man in a sharp suit descended from the

been instructed to take you to

woman standing by the floor-to-ceiling window. She must have seen him through surveillance, his actions

heartache, Bernard

them cascading down her cheeks. She stepped out of the mansion,

thought she saw Bernard inside the

soon Eleanor’s figure blurred into a speck amid the canopy of trees until she

vengeance. Whether it was audacity or another

the biohazard zone. Regardless of Mr. Penrod’s deceit, Bernard vowed to slay as many of

and sore body, leaning against the helicopter’s interior, his gaze icy

of the surveillance feed, Yates knew Bernard’s declaration of vengeance was meant for his ears. It played right