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,"

"Mr. Rock?"

in a

"Greg, watch out!"

Dailey Clarkson shouted in

me behind him as he

what's the meaning

eyes, cold and grey, bore into us with chilling

Garry retorted, weighing the gun in his hand, "God

Put down the

Rock fired a warning shot near his feet,

signaling his men to advance. Today,

Gregory

him into eliminating Samuel bring Mr. Rock,

him in the

belongs to en. Suer,

treachery was unforgivable; Garry

clash between Mr. Rock's

covered our retreat

of nowhere, Mark grabbed my

I

free.

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

me,

Mark