Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

“Why are you determined to find the woman from that incident five years ago?” Anastasia’s eyes were filled with curiosity.

Elliot did not know how to explain it to her, but no matter what, he could not quell the urge to find her.

All of a sudden, Anastasia’s tears began to stream down her face. She covered her mouth as an overwhelming wave of emotions washed over her.

“Anastasia, what’s wrong? Did I do something? I’m sorry.” Elliot was frantic. Despite not knowing what he could have done, he was certain that he must have done something to make her cry.

However, Anastasia’s tears flowed even harder once she heard what he said. She cried so profusely that she began to hiccup.

No one would know what she was going through right now. She finally found relief from the thoughts that had chained her down for nearly six years. The vision

of that terrible beast of a man that she had concocted in her heart had changed to the man in front of her.

He was no beast!

it felt to have the burden of these torturous

teary voice, “Thank goodness it was you. I’m glad it was you.. As long as

had no idea what he could do to comfort her. Her sorrow seemed to stem from somewhere deep within her soul, and he hated that he did not know her enough to understand what

what her words meant, he felt she

asked as he

pushed him back a little before explaining it all to

looks like you?” She looked up at

who sees him says he looks like me.” This was something that he was

you think

you?” she asked him a tricky

on purpose.

her in trepidation, afraid that she might start crying again if he said something he should not have. Anastasia decided to put him out of his misery. She raised her hand and lifted his watch. “I told you before that the man who hurt me that night five years ago left me a watch, but I

recall her saying

watch and kept it in her possession. Five years later, someone came to her and asked if she was the woman

and forth as the revelation sent waves of shock through him,

so she had my watch and received the compensation that I owed to you instead.” Elliot was both shocked and furious, but at the