Lost Me Gained Regret

As he loosened his grip, I managed to slip out of his embrace.

I was stunned to see his hand hanging limply, the gun dropped to the ground.

Completely dazed, I took a couple of steps back, but relief was far from what I felt.

"Jane."

Gregory strode toward me, wrapping me in a tight embrace.

It took a moment, but finally, I found my voice, "Gregory..."

The day's tension, all the swirling negative emotions, seemed to vanish in that moment.

I felt a profound sense of safety, a kind that nobody else could give me.

Christine had intended to step forward, but seeing how tightly we were holding each other, she waited to the side.

Suddenly, another group burst onto the scene.

The leader, still in uniform, shouted, "Nobody move!"

Samuel hadn't brought many men to the island, confident in his belief that nobody could breach his stronghold.

Yet today, Gregory had managed to infiltrate with Garry.

Garry, thoroughly prepared, was utterly defeated.

"Let..."

His last words hung in the air, unacknowledged, as he closed his eyes for the final time.

gaze was fixed solely on

this time.

"Mr. Rock?"

in embrace, realization dawning on him in a

"Greg, watch out!"

shouted

safety, shielding me behind him as he faced the bearded

the meaning of

into us with chilling malice, reminiscent of a

weighing the gun

down

fired a warning shot near

lawman, signaling his men

Gregory would play

into eliminating Samuel bring

in

belongs to en. Suer,

treachery was unforgivable;

between Mr. Rock's

Lucius covered our retreat

Mark grabbed my arm, his hand

I couldn't

free.

dangerously as he forcefully severed Mark's grip, not before Mark could draw

protect me, Gregory

Mark