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I’m sorry, son.
I skimmed my hand along the wall until I came to the corridor turning right, pushing faster until I was running along the hall. A faint scream was borne from somewhere deep in the walls, growing closer. I stopped, tracking the sound and tried to quell the booming of my heart, desperate to hear.
Was it her? Was that…my Vivienne? The sound came again. Only this time it was clearer, and my stomach dropped in an instant. I charged forward, desperately searching for those sounds. Her screams were louder now, just out of reach. I stopped and scanned the wall. Where…where WAS SHE!
One shove of my hand and the false panel gave way to another hallway and her piercing shrieks grew louder, coming from the room at the end of the hall…until in an instant, they stopped.
“VIVIENNE!” I charged, dropped my shoulder at the sight of the door, and collided.
BOOM!
The door flew inwards…there she was…standing in the middle of the room on the other side of a desk, her wide eyes unblinking as they turned to mine. My focus was drawn downwards, to where her hand pressed against her side…and the hilt of a blade buried deep in her belly.
“My babies.” She whimpered before her knees buckled and she crashed to the floor.
Rage.
Rage was all I became.
Bitter like ash.
Empty as the Devil’s soul.
I lunged, lifted my gun in one hand, and slammed the other against the desk, catapulted myself clear, and fired.
BOOM!
Hale slammed backwards, blood instantly seeping through his shirt.
“No.” He shook his head as I drove the gun under his jaw.
“I promised you I’d be the last face you saw before your death. I’m here to collect on that promise.” I forced the words through clenched teeth and pulled the trigger.
BOOM!
Blood splattered across the wall as his head snapped backwards.
“Vivienne!” Carven screamed her name.
I turned my head, finding him standing in the doorway. His intense blue eyes were wide, fixed, and full of rage. He turned that rage to the man I held upright and lunged. Colt was right behind him, his blue eyes now filled with the Beast.
Screams were all I heard.
Brutal, sickening roars of rage and pain as Carven shoved me aside, plunging his blade into Hale’s neck. I stumbled backwards, and turned toward the woman I loved.
“Pet…” The word was weak and pathetic, slipping free as I dropped to my knees.
The crunch of bones behind me made my stomach clench. My hands shook as I pressed against the wound in Vivienne’s belly, trying to stem the blood.
“London!” Helene screamed.
“WE’RE IN HERE!” I roared.
I was frozen, unable to do a damn thing but stare at that weapon plunged deep into the woman I loved and push against the bleeding.
Crack!
Rip.
