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 me, and mine

this time. I saw everything," Gregory stated

"Mr. Rock?"

embrace, realization dawning on him in

"Greg, watch out!"

Dailey Clarkson shouted in

pulled me to safety, shielding me behind him as he faced

the meaning

grey, bore into us

you mean?" Garry retorted, weighing the gun in

down the

Rock fired a warning shot

his men to advance. Today, he was

think Gregory

eliminating Samuel bring

in

belongs to en. Suer,

treachery was unforgivable; Garry must

Mr. Rock's men

covered our retreat while Gregory

Mark grabbed my arm, his hand

I

free.

flashed dangerously as he forcefully severed Mark's grip, not

me, Gregory

Mark