Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

“No, I have to head down now.” Willow could not wait for another second, leaving Johanna with no choice but to trail after her. “Miss Presgrave, I’ll escort you.”

On the island, the bodyguards were just as dumbfounded. At the sight of five new corpses that belonged to the pirates, Ricky immediately ordered his men to take the bodies away and clean the surroundings before Willow caught sight of such a blood-curdling scene.

“Wait, did you see Mr. Wyatt?” he asked one of the subordinates next to him. “No, I didn’t. Did he leave to look for Miss Presgrave?” “He must’ve gone up to see if Miss Presgrave is safe!”

However, Ricky found it impossible that Jasper would ascend the mountain unless the pirates had escaped and made their way up, but the discovery of the last two corpses near the coast showed that they had been shot down in their attempts to flee toward the sea.

In other words, none of the pirates had gone up the mountain. As his gaze shifted to the barely visible pirate ship on the horizon, a bad premonition arose in his heart. He knew this was something that Jasper was capable of.

past the crowd gathered at the bottom, but all she could see were her bodyguards, and Jasper was

immediately demanded his presence. “Miss Presgrave, we didn’t see him anywhere when we came

hearing that, Willow felt as if a knife was digging into her chest, leaving her unable to breathe.

into worry and could barely settle her anxious heart. “Search him.

a loss for what to do. “You go with them too, all of you. He’s definitely. hurt;

blood stains on the ground and cried out in horror. At that, Willow immediately picked up a flashlight

belonging to the pirates. These blood stains don’t belong to Jasper; they were left behind when we were cleaning up

Are you sure?” Willow pressed

he went?” She looked around frantically, praying with all her

he was nowhere to be seen. Nearby, Johanna whispered to Ricky, “Do you really

“I suspect he’s already