Chapter 254

None of us had an answer. But we had to keep searching. We had to keep fighting. Because this, this box, these toenails, was only the beginning. And we wouldn’t stop until we found Olivia and brought her home.

“It’s time, then.” Luke stood up; his presence suddenly more intimidating than I had ever seen before. The shift in his demeanour was palpable, like a switch had been flipped inside him. He was no longer the man who had been frantically searching for Olivia, the man who was broken by grief. Now, he was something darker, something colder, a predator in every sense of the word.

“Xander wants Luke the predator,” he said, his voice steady, almost clinical, “then he will get Luke the predator.” The words sent a chill through the room. This wasn’t the Luke I knew. The man standing in front of us now was someone else entirely. His eyes, once filled with doubt and uncertainty, were now hardened, resolute. There was a cold fury in his gaze that I had never seen before, a willingness to do whatever it took, no matter the cost.

I glanced over at Ethan, the rational one among us, the one who always kept his head when things got out of control. But as I looked into his eyes, a wave of fear washed over me. There was no calmness there now. His expression was tight, his jaw clenched, and his eyes were dark with a mix of anger and resignation. He wasn’t going to stop Luke. But the look on his face terrified me.

What were they planning? What was Luke planning? And more importantly, did I want to stop him? The question lingered in my mind, the weight of it heavy and suffocating. A part of me wanted to pull Luke back, to remind him that we couldn’t descend into the depths of hell, even if it meant finding Olivia. But another part of me, deep down, in that quiet place buried under the fear and the panic, wondered if I should just let him do it. Let the devil loose, let the monster out, if it meant Olivia would be brought back to us.

of me wanted him to feel the weight of

Was becoming the very monster we feared the answer? Could we

saw the conflict in them too. He wasn’t just worried about Luke; he was worried about us. About what we were becoming in this

we were willing to go. We were in uncharted territory now especially Ethan and I. The man who had kidnapped Olivia wasn’t just a criminal, he was a sadist, a person who enjoyed torturing others. And every fibre of my being screamed

was back. The love I saw in his eyes hadn’t disappeared entirely, but it was tempered

blood run cold. He wasn’t just saying he was going to find her. He was telling me that nothing, not Xander, not anyone, would stand in his

no doubt

filled with a cold determination that

clearly torn. “You need to be careful,” he warned, his voice strained. “I understand the need for revenge, but if we let that consume us, we will lose ourselves in

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