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,

excuses this time. I saw everything," Gregory stated

"Mr. Rock?"

glance shifted to the couple in embrace, realization dawning on him in a flash. With lightning speed, he fired

"Greg, watch out!"

shouted in unison,

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

the meaning of

eyes, cold and grey, bore into us with

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

down the

Rock fired a warning shot near his

men

Gregory

Samuel bring Mr.

him in

belongs to en. Suer,

was unforgivable;

Mr. Rock's men and

our

Mark grabbed my arm, his

strong. I

free.

Mark's grip, not

protect me,

Mark