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.

else; his gaze was fixed solely on me,

you've got no excuses this time. I saw everything," Gregory

"Mr. Rock?"

glance shifted to the couple in embrace, realization dawning on him in a flash.

"Greg, watch out!"

shouted in unison,

shielding me behind him as he faced the

the

and grey, bore into us with chilling malice, reminiscent of

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

down the

fired a warning shot near

of the lawman, signaling his men to advance. Today,

think Gregory would play

into eliminating Samuel

him in the

belongs to en. Suer,

unforgivable; Garry

between Mr. Rock's men and

chaos, Lucius covered our

nowhere, Mark grabbed my

I

free.

he forcefully severed Mark's grip, not

protect me,

Mark