Chapter 189: A Small Sacrifice

Moana

When I came to, I felt myself sitting in a chair with my wrists tied behind me. My head was pounding from the blow that knocked me out, but that wasn’t the only thing I felt on my head.

Something cold and hard was pressed up against my temple.

My eyes fluttered open, squinting against the bright light of a spotlight. The light was so bright as it shined down on me that I could hardly see past it, but I could tell that I was inside the warehouse now.

The cold metal thing pressed harder into my temple. And then, a familiar voice spoke out.

“Hello, Moana.”

I jumped at the voice and whipped my head around, my eyes widening as I saw Ethan standing beside me with a gun raised to my head.

I whispered, my voice

night of the banquet, when he didn’t think that I was looking. But now, he knew that I

to see me, huh?” he

only to see her tied to another chair next

Just under a spell. That way, she won’t need to experience any

need to do this,” I begged. “At

to press the barrel of the

innocent,” he admitted, “but you see… It’s not that simple. It was thanks to Edrick and his parents that my beautiful

day, and it never indicated that she killed herself. In fact, it indicated quite the opposite; that Michael had killed

off by the gun pushing harder into my temple. A choked sob caught in my throat, followed by a

f**k up,” Ethan snarled. “It’s going to be easier on all of us if you just shut up and don’t talk. Now, where was I…” He paused for a moment, still holding the gun against his head, and then his face lit up. “So, as I was saying, I’ve been looking for ways to get back at that godforsaken family. I wanted to make them feel the same pain that I felt

family pets. It started with a pet bird, then a cat, and a puppy that Michael got for Edrick on his birthday. But although it caused them pain, it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t the same sort of pain that I felt when I found my mom’s body laying in her bathtub. Ever since then,

I was just going to kill Ella, since Edrick didn’t have anyone else that he actually gave a s**t about; but then,

from my face to my neck, my breasts, over my belly and down to my thighs. But even then, as he drank me in with his eyes, he never once lowered the gun. I

continued, “my half-brother was taken with you from the start. And I don’t blame him. You’re a gem, Moana. A real gem… But

what it’s like to be truly alone, to be truly heartbroken. After you, I’ll take Verona next. I don’t think that Michael

I asked, nodding my head toward where Kelly lay. “What did she ever do to

care less about Kelly. She was only ever a pawn throughout all of this; her insatiable obsession with Edrick just made her easy to control, to

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255