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Chapter 53: Death Was Never The Plan.
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Lila's POV I stood in the middle of the woods, my chest heaving.My mind was racing, trying to find a way out. Running blindly wasn't going to save me, not against men with guns and a whole mansion behind them. I needed a real plan.My father's voice came back to me then..when he was alive."Never run from the hunt, Lila," he used to say, crouched beside me when I was small. "Let the hunt come to you....Remember, patience kills faster than fear ever will."I took a slow breath and crouched low, the way he taught me.I made a soft clicking sound with my tongue, the same call he used to draw animals out of hiding.It didn't take long.A wild boar broke through the bushes ahead of me.It was big, with tusks catching the little moonlight coming through the trees.My heart slammed in my chest, but I stood my ground, remembering every lesson my father drilled into me.Suddenly, It charged at me.I jumped to the side at the last second and grabbed a broken branch off the ground.I drove it
365 Nights, Two Stepbrothers, One Me. Chapter 53: Death Was Never The Plan.
Lila's POV I watched Damian shift, moving away from me, just slightly, and my chest tightened instantly.That small step he took back told me everything I needed to know.He was choosing himself.Not that I expected loyalty from him, not that he owed me anything, but something about it still cut deep, faster than I expected."Damian," I whispered his name, hoping he would look at me, say something, anything.He didn't answer.He kept inching backward.Then a gunshot cracked through the air, and before I could even process what was happening, he yelled, "Run! Now!"I grabbed his hand this time, not the other way around, and we bolted toward the woods, my bare feet tearing across the ground."Did you just shoot your Dad?" I gasped as we ran."No. I shot the ground," he said between breaths. "Just to keep them slow and distract them. Now move faster!""That was insane," I said, half laughing despite the terror pumping through me."Can you shut up and run," he snapped.We kept moving, br
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Lila's POV The hand on my arm tightened as I tried to yank myself free, my whole body thrashing against whoever had dragged me into this dark corner near the back door.Another hand clamped over my mouth, muffling the scream building in my throat."Stay quiet if you don't want to die," a voice hissed close to my ear.I froze for half a second, then twisted hard enough to catch a glimpse of his face.Damian.I kept struggling anyway, kicking at him, desperate to get loose.At this point I didn't know who I could trust, not Ethan, not Damian, not their father.I hadn't been standing there for the conversation between Damian and Mr Blackwood earlier....but for all I knew, this was just another version of the same trap."Get off me," I said, breathless, the second his hand loosened on my mouth.He grabbed me tighter instead. "What the hell is wrong with you, Lila? Do you actually want to die tonight?!"I glared at him. "At this point, I don't know who to trust. How am I supposed to know
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