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.

saw nobody else; his gaze was fixed solely on

this time. I saw everything," Gregory stated

"Mr. Rock?"

dawning on him in a flash. With lightning speed, he

"Greg, watch out!"

Dailey Clarkson shouted in unison, both

quickly pulled me to safety, shielding me behind him as

what's the meaning

cold and grey, bore into us

the gun in his hand, "God will

down the

Rock fired a warning shot near his feet, his voice

his men to advance. Today, he was determined

Gregory

him into eliminating Samuel bring Mr.

in

belongs to en. Suer,

unforgivable; Garry

Rock's men and

our retreat while

of nowhere, Mark grabbed my arm, his

strong. I couldn't

free.

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

protect me, Gregory

Mark

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