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.

moment, Gregory saw nobody else; his gaze was fixed solely on

excuses this time. I saw everything," Gregory stated

"Mr. Rock?"

in a flash. With lightning speed, he fired his gun. "Greg, watch

"Greg, watch out!"

Clarkson shouted in unison, both moving

safety, shielding me behind him as he faced

the meaning

and grey, bore into us with

retorted, weighing the gun in his hand,

down

fired a warning shot near his feet, his

Garry was unafraid of the lawman, signaling his men to advance. Today, he was determined to

Gregory

into eliminating Samuel bring

in

belongs to en. Suer,

treachery was unforgivable; Garry

Mr. Rock's men and

chaos, Lucius covered our retreat

grabbed my arm, his hand

I

free.

flashed dangerously as he forcefully severed Mark's grip, not before Mark could draw a knife. "Gregory,

protect me, Gregory

Mark