Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Chapter 363 Taken Hostage

“I heard that the Presgraves have been trying to repay your mother’s noble sacrifice all these years. I’m sure Old Madam Presgrave sorely regrets threatening the mayor back then; if she hadn’t done that, your mother would have been spared. The young master’s life is worth more than gold, but that doesn’t mean your mother deserved to have hers taken away. Sadly, this world will never be fair; the rich simply buy their way out of death, and common folk like your mother would simply have to surrender to fate.”

Anastasia wanted to make Riley shut up and get him to stop talking about all these. She didn’t want to hear about them at all.

However, Riley was a twisted man who thought his gloriously wicked deeds demanded an audience, and Anastasia made for an excellent listener. More to the point, the sadistic side of him would never allow him to let slip the chance to torture someone. The sight of Anastasia’s obvious anguish and discomfort filled him with satisfaction that he thought he had long forgotten.

“If I were your mother, I would hate that I’d given birth to an ingrate and a traitorous daughter like you. You could have had any man you wished, but you chose to love Young Master Elliot, who lived only because your mother died so gruesomely!”

Stop it! Shut up! Anastasia wanted to scream at him. She knew what Riley was trying to do; he wanted her to hate the Presgraves.

of time. Let’s send her on her merry way,” one of

Miss Tillman, but I suppose you share your mother’s ill fortune and will have to die by my hands. Don’t worry, though. You’ll be

a potent cocktail as she realized that he was planning to kill her, though she didn’t know why. What good will my death do for him? Is this his way of getting back at the Presgraves

was happening, half a dozen vehicles manned by bodyguards were speeding over to the location, driving through the muddy and mountainous terrain as they

the leading car drove forward and made to knock him down, he quickly dodged and leaped into the drain

was immediately greeted by

a sack

Elliot had sent people to keep tabs on him, but he didn’t think they would arrive so soon. With lightning speed, he grabbed hold of Anastasia and hauled her up from the ground, pressing a blade to her neck as he

Elliot thundered with the rage of a hellish creature, his

producing a romantic like you. There goes our family honor,” Riley mocked insouciantly. Without warning, he ran the blade along the alabaster skin of Anastasia’s neck, drawing a thin line

Riley!” Elliot yelled, his voice quivering

let her go, but on the condition that

mouth to muffle her cries, but her eyes glistened with tears as she stared at the man in front of her—the man who would do anything to