Chapter 113

•Evangeline•

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I took a long breath as a tear slid down my cheek dropping to the ground. The barrel of the gun dug into my forehead harshly. His knee between my chest was making it difficult to breathe.

My hair was all wet, and the back of my head was bleeding profusely, I took a deep breath but it hurt my ribcage. I exhaled, inhaled again, realizing I was scared. My head swam; I tried to return to reality. My stomach tightened, but i can't just give up, not like this.

I gasped, my throat in agony, with blood draining from my mouth. He had banged my head against the floor so many times that it was getting difficult to comprehend what was going on around me.

I still tried to fight back, my hand raised sluggishly, slick with blood as I tried to grab him. He slapped my hand away, laughing at my pain.

"I don't want to kill you, Evangeline. I did care about you for a short amount of time in between. But you need to understand that it was not your place, I was ten, ten years old wh