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.

But it tore at his soul to let Eleanor walk away without looking back. Sensing his reluctance, Eleanor

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

vendetta against the Siren Organization stems from the fact that its members once kill my grandmother. You might find a lead there, tracing back the enmity between

him that the Siren Organization was created to cultivate power for him, and it was only later that Bernard discovered Mr.

existed before his birth, it meant Mr. Penrod had been deceiving him all along. But why?

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looked back toward the mansion, at the woman standing by the floor-to-ceiling window. She must have seen him through surveillance, his actions a calculated performance

heartache, Bernard stepped into

found them cascading down her cheeks.

vision, she thought she saw Bernard inside

the distance was too great, the chopper too fast, and soon Eleanor’s figure blurred into a speck amid the canopy of trees until she vanished from sight. Only then did Bernard look away, his

drug him or fear his return for vengeance. Whether it was audacity or another ploy, Bernard was determined to

claim his head for Caleb, and avenge the members lost in the biohazard zone. Regardless of Mr. Penrod’s deceit, Bernard vowed to slay as many of Area Opaca’s puppeteers as necessary to honor the

Bernard relaxed his tense and sore

side of the surveillance feed, Yates knew Bernard’s declaration of vengeance