Chapter: Chapter 81. Krystie sat on a thick blanket spread out on the floor, cradling a sleepy-eyed baby boy in her arms while his twin sister giggled as Lucian lifted her high into the air, spinning her gently. "Easy, Lucian," Krystie laughed, brushing her son's dark curls from his forehead. "She’s going to think she's a plane." "She’s my little plane," Lucian said proudly, kissing the baby's chubby cheek as she squealed with delight. "A future heartbreaker like her mom." Krystie rolled her eyes but couldn’t stop the smile tugging at her lips. Their twins, Liam and Liana, were now six months old. Everything had changed since that magical wedding night. Regal Hospital, under Krystie's leadership, had become one of the most respected medical centres in the country. Krystie had restructured the staff, introduced groundbreaking programs for patient care, and expanded services to help the underserved. Her days were busy, filled with patients, administrative meetings, and, more often than not, chasing a
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Chapter: Chapter 81.The iron gates of the prison stood still under the grey morning sky. Rain drizzles fell as a man dressed in all black stood at the gate. One last glance at the prison before he left. Not long after, sombre news had already spread like wildfire through the city: Xavier West was found dead in his cell at dawn.The report listed it as a suicide.There was no note, only the silence of a man who had once tried to control too much and lost everything. The guards said he hadn’t spoken for days. He’d sat in the corner, staring at the cracks in the wall, as if waiting for something that never came.Two days later, a small and discreet burial was held at a secluded cemetery. There were no headlines or reporters. Just a closed casket, a simple grave, and a few scattered mourners who had once called him family.Mark took one last glance at the casket at turned around, tears at the corners of his eyes. Despite everything his father had done, he couldn't deny that watching him lay in that casket st
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Chapter: Chapter 79. Krystie smiled up at Lucian. As the slow notes of Perfect by Ed Sheeran ft Beyonce filled the garden, Lucian gently pulled her into his arms. They swayed together, the world around them fading away. His forehead pressed against hers as they danced. Mark and Chloe joined them on the dance floor, laughing when Mark twirled her clumsily but caught her just before she stumbled. Around them, their friends watched with shining eyes. When the song ended, Joel took the microphone, clearing his throat dramatically. "Alright, alright!" he called. "Before we dive into the cake and the rest of the night, we have something to announce" Lucian stepped forward, reaching into his pocket for a small velvet box. He smiled at Krystie, a radiant smile reserved only for her. "I wanted to start our new life together by giving you something," he said, voice carrying through the garden. "Something that represents your strength, your compassion, your unwavering belief in doing what's right." Krystie f
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Chapter: Chapter 78.The air in the small living room buzzed with excitement. Krystie, Lucian, Mark, and Chloe sat around the coffee table, papers, flowers, and swatches of fabric spread out chaotically before them. "I still can't believe we're planning this in a few hours," Chloe giggled nervously, twirling a pen between her fingers. "Are we really doing this?" Mark caught her hand and squeezed it. "We are, honey. I don't want to waste any more time." Lucian nodded in agreement, his gaze tender as it fell on Krystie. "Neither do I. After everything we've been through, it's time for a new beginning. A real one." Krystie's heart swelled with emotions. It felt almost surreal, planning a wedding in one day but she wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Her parents would have wanted her to live fully, to find happiness even after the darkness. The girls and boys quickly divided up the tasks. Chloe and Krystie called a few close friends to help with the arrangements, while Lucian and Mark secured the
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Chapter: Chapter 77.Krystie stiffened slightly in Lucian’s arms, lifting her head to meet his eyes."You said I gave you purpose," she whispered, her voice raw from crying. "What do you mean by that?"Lucian gazed down at her, his thumb gently brushing away the tear tracks on her cheek. His lips curved into a bittersweet smile as memories of seven years ago flooded his mind."I never told you before," he murmured. "But I think I owe you now."Krystie blinked in confusion. "Lucian…?"He led her by the hand to the couch and sat down, pulling her down beside him. His hand never left hers."Seven years ago," he began softly, "I was at the hospital. I had just lost my brother, Damien. He was my guardian after our parents died. He was everything to me."His voice grew tight with emotion, and Krystie squeezed his hand encouragingly."I sat outside the operation room for hours, refusing to leave. When they finally told me he didn’t make it, I couldn’t breathe. I just sat there, in the cold hallway, crying like a
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Chapter: Chapter 76 Mark stood in front of Chloe’s apartment door, his knuckles white from clenching his fists. He hesitated for a second before knocking. Chloe opened the door, surprised to see him, but the look on his face made her step aside without question. "Mark?" He stepped inside, but he couldn’t look at her. His voice broke almost immediately. "I accompanied Krystie to see my father." Chloe’s eyes widened slightly, but she waited. Mark exhaled a shaky breath and finally looked at her, eyes red. "He admitted everything, Chloe. He killed them. Your parents just because he was bitter and envious." His voice cracked. "And I’m his son. I carry his blood, he stammered. I... I wouldn’t blame you if you hated me. If you never forgave me. I wouldn't forgive me either." Before another word could leave his lips, Chloe pulled him into a hug. He was stiff at first, then broke down, crying into her shoulder. "I’m so sorry…" he whispered, his voice raw.Chloe gently patted his back, her voice soft. "You
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Chapter: Chapter 35.Darkness swirled around Lucian, pressing against his mind. The chains binding him pulsed with an eerie glow. Lucian gritted his teeth, struggling against the pull, but something within him was shifting. His memories, once clear, were unravelling like threads. He could no longer recall Stella's face, the warmth of her touch and voice. Instead, another voice slithered into his mind, cold and commanding. "They abandoned you." He shook his head in denial. No. That’s not true. "You were always meant for more, my son. You are not meant to be bound by weak emotions." Lucifer’s presence surrounded him, unseen yet omnipresent, filling the void with his will. The chains tightened, burning into Lucian’s skin, feeding him a different past, a past where he was betrayed by Stella and everyone dear in his life. A surge of dark power flooded his veins. His body convulsed as the magic burrowed deeper, erasing the last remnants of who he had been. The love, and the sacrifices, all of it fad
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Chapter: Chapter 34.Stella sat cross-legged on the cold floor, her hands trembling slightly as she held a bowl. The pendant around her neck pulsed in rhythm with her heartbeat, a faint glow radiating from it. Xavier knelt before her as he placed the silver vial and dagger on the floor between them. "You ready to take the risks?" he asked, his voice low and steady. Stella nodded, though the tightness in her chest betrayed her nerves. "I do." Xavier’s gaze softened. "When the connection between you and Lucian got restored, Lucifer must have lost your presence. We have to play this game well. Otherwise,, your life will be endangered." Xavier took the dagger and handed it to her. "The first step is yours. We need your blood to complete the bond." Stella hesitated, the blade’s edge glinting in the dim light. Her heart raced, but the thought of Lucian and his sacrifice in their past lives strengthened her resolve. She pressed the dagger against her palm, wincing as the blade into her skin. Crimson dr
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Chapter: Chapter 33.Stella followed Xavier down the dimly lit hallways. The creaks and groans of the old floorboards mirrored her apprehension. Xavier’s lantern cast flickering shadows on the walls. "Where are we going?" Stella finally asked, her voice barely above a whisper. Xavier glanced back at her, his expression unreadable. "The truth, Stella. If you’re truly determined to pursue this path, you need to understand the gravity of your choices." They stopped in front of an ornate door Stella had never noticed before. Its surface was carved with intricate patterns that seemed to shift in the lantern light. Xavier pressed his hand against the door, murmuring words in the ancient language. The carvings glowed faintly before the door creaked open. Inside was a small room, circular and lined with shelves filled with ancient tomes, and objects that seemed to hum with latent power. At the centre of the room stood a pedestal, and upon it rested the ancient book bound in dark leather, similar to what h
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Chapter: Chapter 32.The house was quiet. Stella moved cautiously through the halls, her steps muffled by the thick carpet. Uncle Xavier's stern warning echoed in her mind: "You’re safe here, Stella. Don’t tempt fate by leaving before your twentieth birthday before you have received your powers. There are forces you don’t understand waiting for you out there. To kill you." But she couldn’t stay. Not when Lucian needed her. He was Clutching the pendant tightly, she crept toward the back door. Her heart pounded with every creak of the wooden floorboards, the ancient house seeming alive and intent on betraying her. She paused at the top of the grand staircase, scanning the darkness below. "Almost there," she whispered to herself, her breath fogging in the chill air. As she descended, a shadow shifted at the bottom of the stairs. Stella froze. "Where do you think you’re going?" Uncle Xavier's deep voice cut through the silence. Stella’s heart leapt into her throat as Xavier stepped into view, his shar
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Chapter: Chapter 31.Stella wandered through a vast, hollow cavern floating in the depths of space, illuminated by an eerie, pulsing red glow that seeped through the jagged cracks of nearby floating asteroids. Twisted, blackened trees loomed on either side of her, their skeletal branches reaching out as if trying to ensnare her. A cold mist seeped through the floor, tugging her deeper into the oppressive shadows.She moved cautiously, her breaths shallow as the weight of the void pressed down on her. The air was heavy, thick with a suffocating silence, broken only by the faint crunch of her footsteps on the brittle, cracked ground.And then she saw him.In the distance, a figure emerged from the shadows, moving with deliberate, determined steps. Lucian. His piercing eyes locked onto her with an intensity that made her chest tighten."Stella!" His voice called out, deep and resonant, echoing eerily in the cavern.She froze, her heart pounding. It was unmistakably him, his face as clear as day, and yet his
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Chapter: Chapter 30.The weight of everything happening lingered as Lucian staggered into his study room. His legs moved without thought, propelled by the voice echoing in his mind. "You are a devil, it runs in your blood." The study was dim and cluttered with books and papers he rarely touched. Yet something drew his eyes to a cabinet in the corner. It was a worn piece of furniture, but tonight, it pulsed with an unseen energy. Lucian hesitated. "Go ahead. Open it," the voice whispered to him, softer this time but no less commanding. Seems like his father was back to watch over him. With trembling hands, Lucian approached the cabinet. He hesitated for a moment, then pulled the handle. The door creaked open, revealing a single-wrapped box. He had been given the wrapped gift by his parents on his tenth birthday with strict instructions to wait until the time was right before he could open it. He had long forgotten about it because it had been many years and not once had he ever thought about it.
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Chapter: 139. The endIt was already two months since Bella and Kevin were finally given a go ahead from Bella's parents, and yet here they were already standing at the alter facing each other. Bella had tears on her eyes, just remembering everything that had happened to her she felt like all that had happened was just a dream, it was just like yesterday when she had met Kevin coincidentally, and yet here they are, already got two kids by their side who were watching them, Memories flooded Bella's mind, fragments of a past she had struggled with. Faces flashed before her eyes, voices echoing in the recesses of her consciousness, the journey indeed was quite a long one, with both happy and sad memories. Yet, as the darkness crept over Bella knew she could not turn back. She had come too far, sacrificed too much to let fear dictate her fate. With a heavy heart, she took a step forward towards Kevin, who was looking all handsome in a three-piece tuxedo, his eyes never leaving her, appreciating her beauty. S
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Chapter: 138. Breakfast The whole day Bella refused it eat that it really worried her parents, they really regretted having done this trick on Bella because her reaction on it was much worse than how they had thought she would take it. Earlier on Elizabeth and Frank had agree to themselves that they would attenuate a certain drug which has similar characteristics as peanut allergy,after all Frank himself was the doctor and he had control over everything,the drug was supposed to induce Kevin to semi comma, and the only thing that they would come up with to tell Bella was that it was peanut, they kind of knew how vigorous Kevin's reaction to peanut would be, and they didn't want to risk it on him, they wanted him safe for Bella. Elizabeth and Frank didn't have much to do for the day, and just immediately after dinner they left for their bedroom as Bella had refused to go downstairs to take her meals so they left her be.Bella took a seat and placed it at the bedside yet before the bed where Kevin slept, all
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Chapter: 137. Execution Bella was surprised when she found her father on the living room, seated as if he was waiting for her, and it was at that moment that Bella knew that she had f**cked up, obviously she knew that her father was already aware that she had sneaked out of the house to go and spend a night with Kevin, and thinking that maybe her father would snap at her,so Bella had already designed a plan to herself that would make her father give in to her, so Bella pretended to not have seen him at all as she walked to the stairs."Bella stop it,stop right now!" Frank had spoke up just as Bella took the first step on the staircase, it's not like he didn't know of what she was up to, and after being found out, Bella took slow steps backwards making sure she didn't turn around to face him at all, she was afraid to face him in case he was so angry with her, that was the only thing that Bella was afraid, seeing her father being angry with her.Bella walked until she stopped just before her father, but she di
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Chapter: 136. You will pay for this It was around five o'clock in the morning when Bella woke up, she was still being held tightly by Kevin, she knew it was time that she should wake up before her father would come over to wake Kevin up, Bella knew that if that was to happen then she would be in a lot of trouble.Bella tried to loosen Kevin's hand from her waist, he was holding it possessively like he was not going to let her go, and Bella liked it so much, she has always liked it whenever he would hold her that possessive, it just showed her how much he loved her and craved for her. Kevin was fast asleep, and it just dawned on Bella that she was supposed to be on the move back to the main mansion, otherwise if she were to waste a single moment still sleeping here her mother could find her and she knew better than anyone what would happen next in such a situation.Bella was feeling hesitant to go, and finally when she had stepped from the bed she thought of something before she came back near the bed and leaned in to K
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Chapter: 135. Sneaking in to him It was around eleven o'clock in the night, everywhere was so silent and dark, and there was only one soul that was still awake at the time, she was turning and tossing around the bed as she was not sure whether her parents were asleep yet or not, but she was afraid to switch the lights on, what if she were to be found out, she didn't want her parents to know of her plans, or anything that she was up to, everything was supposed to be secretive so that she could execute her plans.Bella slowly woke from her bed, put on her sleepers and slowly walked out of her bedroom making sure she was as silent as possible. When Bella reached the stairs and thinking that maybe she would be found out, she bend down, removed her slippers and carried them as she sneaked out, passed through the living room before she out them back on and headed to the workers quarter at the farthest end of the compound, she was making sure she does not make any noise in case she were to alert her father.Bella was very
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Chapter: 134. The assist "Mom, why haven't I seen Kevin in his room, has he already left ,"Bella walked to her mother feeling disappointed when she had gone to Kevin's room but she hadn't found him at all, and she wondered whether he had already left, at some point she was feeling disappointed thinking that as she had thought that Kevin had come for her yet he had just left without her, after all it was still very early in the morning for him to have left for any where.Elizabeth had a creepy smile at the corners of her lips, but she hid it before Bella could see, after all after her discussion with her husband last night they wanted to trick Bella onto her realizing her feelings soonest possible because they too felt bothered thinking if her bringing up her children as a single mother when her husband was still alive, they were afraid that their grandchildren would be brought up the same way they had brought up their children. "Ooh, sorry I forgot to inform you that Kevin accompanied your dad to the farm ve
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