LOGIN⚠ ❗❕SENSITIVE CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNING : This content contains potentially disturbing material, including depictions of ab*se, cr*minal acts, or s*xual situations. Reader discretion is strongly advised.❗❕⚠ ****..“Starr, I’ll put you down first.”Starr bobbed her head.As Bianca put Starr down, ready to tear another strip of cloth, she noticed Starr wasn’t holding onto her.Starr stared at the path they had taken, her gaze filled with concern for Celine.“Starr,” Bianca grabbed her attention, but Starr was so deep in thought about her mother she didn’t hear Bianca’s call.Bianca sat down facing Starr, gently holding the child’s arms. Starr then noticed Bianca, but still kept her gaze fixed on the path they had come from.“Starr, what are you thinking about?”She shifted her gaze to Bianca. “Mummy,” she replied innocently. “Why isn’t she here yet? She said she’d follow right away. We’re so far away from her.”Bianca didn’t know how to answer the child’s questions without making her c
“Oh... My gosh, Celine.”Celine shook her head, a silent instruction for Bianca to maintain her hold over Starr’s eyes.“Mummy?” Starr called innocently.“Yes, sweetheart?” Celine asked while taking off her jacket.“Can I see you now?” Starr asked curiously and with concern.“Not yet, sweetheart.” She replied softly after taking off the rest of her clothes.Bianca’s eyes grew wide, taking in the constellation of kiss marks scattered across Celine’s skin. A wave of compassion surged through her as she struggled to imagine what Lucian could have inflicted upon Celine.As Celine worked, she knotted a piece of fabric torn from her garment, binding it with excruciating tightness around the thigh pierced by the bullet. Again, she choked back a scream, her breath escaping in a silent, forceful expulsion.“You can see me now, sweetheart.”As Bianca unwrapped the covering from Starr’s eyes, Starr immediately threw her arms around her mother, her worry pouring out in the embrace, until her gaze
Both Celine and Bianca were surprised by Starr’s words.“Why?” Celine’s fear gradually increased that her daughter might not want to be with her anymore. “Did you forget to take something important there?”Starr shook her head and said the reason, “It’s so beautiful out here. There’s so much to see, and it’s so bright. It’s like there are so many lights being used because it’s so bright. I thought there were only walls and ceilings outside.”Celine’s heart ached as she listened to Starr describe their surroundings. It struck her deeply this was Starr’s first time seeing the outside world since being hidden away, and that even the simple sunlight filled her with wonder.“The world outside this forest is even bigger and more beautiful, sweetheart. We’ll see many wonderful things around us,” Celine said, trying to reassure her.Starr held back her tears as she shook her head.“Why, sweetheart? Why do you want to go back there?”“It’s scary here, Mummy. You’re hurting, you have blood and
•• THIRD PERSON’S POV ••-Hannah’s eyes became round as she watched the video Johann sent.“Oh my... Gosh...” was all she react in the mix of amazement and fear of the video.She didn’t notice Giovanni approaching her.“What’s that?” Giovanni grabbed Hannah’s attention.Hannah showed the short video and Giovanni watched it.Giovanni smiled with pride as he watched the short video of Hendrix detonating the entire Phoenix mansion, a feat many had attempted. However, those who only plotted its destruction found themselves prematurely exploding instead.Even the Fire-Hart organization, when it was under the leadership of Lance’s late half-brother, couldn’t even put out the fire at the gate of Phoenix’s mansion.After Giovanni watched what his friend Hendrix did, the grin remained on his face, and he returned the phone to Hannah.“Since we were kids, he’s been taught how to make and use different kinds of bombs. I think no matter what kind of bomb you put in front of him, he can easily de
•• THIRD PERSON’S POV ••-In New York, Hannah took Sabrina to their hideout. It was located far from the city, undetectable by any map mobile application, equipped with its own internet connection, and secured with a high-level security system.Sabrina fell asleep soundly during the distance they traveled, when she woke up they were inside the hide-out and didn’t know where in America they were now.“Where are we?” Sabrina asked Hannah as they got out of her car.“In our hide-out.”Sabrina’s answer was a frown, surprised and confused.“Don’t even try to escape, or else you’ll just make things harder on yourself, and...”Hannah didn’t finish what she was going to say, that Sabrina would pay with her life if she insisted on escaping. She was worried about Sabrina’s pregnancy.“Your nieces are also inside, as well as Madame Celine’s family. We’ll stay here until Boss Lance and others return.”Sabrina immediately blocked Hannah’s path. “How can you be so calm after betraying Celine?” Sh
SABRINA POV-Hannah let out a stressful, deep sigh before answering my question, “I don’t know if you can call it a problem. I think he intended to tell you something, but he just didn’t have time earlier with everything that happened.”I raised one eyebrow, waiting for her to say next. Ever since I got pregnant, my temper has been shorter. So, I took a moment to compose myself, wanting to hear what she had to say without getting upset.“After we found out where Lucian had been going the past few days, we planned to go to California to find him before he returned to San Diego. Before we even left the mansion, Johann sent us something. It was CCTV footage from inside Phoenix’s mansion.”She pulled her phone out of her pants pocket, tapped at the screen a few times, and then held it out to me.“Watch it.” she said in a serious tone.I took her phone and played the video. The angle was from above. The video was clear, but I couldn’t quite make out the faces of the three people involved.







