#Chapter 189: A Small Sacrifice

Moana

When I came to, I felt myself sitting in a chair with my wrists tied behind me. My head was pounding from the blow that knocked me out, but that wasn’t the only thing I felt on my head.

Something cold and hard was pressed up against my temple.

My eyes fluttered open, squinting against the bright light of a spotlight. The light was so bright as it shined down on me that I could hardly see past it, but I could tell that I was inside the warehouse now.

The cold metal thing pressed harder into my temple. And then, a familiar voice spoke out.

“Hello, Moana.”

I jumped at the voice and whipped my head around, my eyes widening as I saw Ethan standing beside me with a gun raised to my head.

“E-Ethan?” I whispered, my voice shaking.

banquet, when he didn’t think that I was looking. But

see me, huh?”

frantically, only to see her tied to another chair next to me.

Just under a spell. That way, she won’t need to experience any of this. She will have just gone to sleep, and she’ll

do this,” I begged. “At least don’t hurt Ella. Please. I thought we were friends. Why are

the barrel of the

not that simple. It was thanks to Edrick and his parents that my

the other day, and it never indicated that she killed herself. In fact, it indicated quite the opposite; that Michael had killed her. And knowing Michael, I was sure of it. Did he really sink his claws in so much that he convinced

I began, but was quickly cut off by the gun pushing harder into my temple. A choked sob caught

“It’s going to be easier on all of us if you just shut up and don’t talk. Now, where was I…” He paused for a moment, still holding the gun against his head, and then his face lit up. “So, as I was saying, I’ve been looking for ways to get back at that godforsaken family. I wanted to make them feel the same pain that I felt when my mother died… First, when I was a kid, I tried killing the family pets. It started with a pet bird, then a cat, and a puppy that Michael got for Edrick on his birthday. But although it caused them pain, it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t the same sort of pain that I felt when I found my mom’s body laying in her bathtub. Ever since then, I’ve been plotting the perfect way to make them all suffer greatly. At first, I was just going to kill Ella, since Edrick didn’t have anyone else that he actually gave a s**t about; but then, you came into the picture. You, with your pretty face, your long

he drank me in with his eyes, he never once lowered the gun. I felt myself trembling violently beneath the cold metal of the barrel. My eyes then

know what it’s like to be truly alone, to be truly heartbroken. After you, I’ll take Verona next.

I asked, nodding my head toward where Kelly lay. “What did she ever do to you? From the looks of it, she only ever helped you. Did

I couldn’t care less about Kelly. She was only ever a pawn throughout all of this; her insatiable obsession with Edrick just made her easy to control, to manipulate. As I’m sure you’re guessing now, judging from

eyes became big and filled with tears, and his lower lip started to quiver. “Officers, Kelly killed

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