Lahat ng Kabanata ng Gifted: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 23

*Rebel POV*I always wondered what death would feel like. Cold? Peaceful? Or just void.Not that I planned to die this young.Though the future is uncertain. Who would have thought I would die young? It seems so unfair. I didn’t get to spend more time with my brother, I didn’t finish college, and I never got to solve the mystery of my birth—the list goes on.However, the moment it happened, I gracefully accepted it. I surrendered to my fate for once. It was peaceful, dark, cold, and there was that void as well. It was as if I was floating in space with no worries in the world.Although it lasted less than a millisecond because, the next moment, I found myself pulled back into the world of the living.Lying on the beach with a guy over me was the last thing I could imagine myself doing after cheating near death.The manly face hovered over mine, drenched in shadows cast by the setting sun behind him. Saltwater dripped from his hair onto my cheek, and his chest heaved as if he’d just ru

*Rebel POV*The sound of gunshots pierced through the calm atmosphere of the night. I woke up in my bed, fear gripping me. I got out of bed in a hurry to find my parents, only to bump into a figure standing in the middle of the doorway, appearing out of nowhere.I shrank when his long, cold fingers dug into my smooth skin. The mask covering his face and the clothes on his body were all black. I fought to make him lose his grip, but it was futile. My strength was nothing compared to his.He started dragging me away from my room. I tried to resist as much as I could, but he handled me like a ragdoll.Tears filled my eyes from the pain—his grip was like steel, never letting go. That’s what I thought. However, in the very next moment, he stopped. His grip on my forearm was gone, right before his body hit the floor with a thud.I stared at him in shock before looking in the direction he had been facing before his eyes closed permanently.A shiver ran down my spine when I saw someone standi