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.

on her merry way,” one of Riley’s subordinates

and will have to die by my hands. Don’t

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 and challenging them? Or does this have something to do with my relationship with Elliot? Does he want to take my life so that he can

this was happening, half a dozen vehicles manned by bodyguards were speeding over to

knock him down, he quickly dodged and leaped into the drain that ran along the side of the house. In the next second,

greeted

up on the ground with a sack

the fallen wall, Riley jumped in shock. He knew that 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

Elliot thundered with the rage of a hellish creature,

didn’t think the Presgraves were capable of 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,

yelled, his voice quivering with rage

“I’ll let her go, but on the condition that you immediately transfer fifty percent of the shares

stuffed in her mouth to muffle her cries, but her eyes glistened