MADISON’S POVThreatening and challenging Damien Knight Castillo is one thing and really finding the way to Destroy him is entirely another thing. It’s impossible to think of something so good that he won’t be able to stop me.As I think about all ways I can make the police reopen the case, I go to Lincoln Villa finally.I stand outside my magnificent house, staring at it for at least an hour.So beautiful. The place before me, my home…is so so beautiful that it’s impossible to overlook the beauty and dive right into the horrific memories attached to this place.Shaking my head, I make my way inside. Memories whisper to me becoming horrifying voices in my head. Max is waiting for me in the living room. He looks after the house now as a loyal servant like before. I called him earlier and asked him to meet me in the living room so I can talk to him

MADISON’S POVI am drowning in the blurry, dark water. But I try to stay afloat. My feet kick the water, unable to push me up. My arms flail around helplessly. Water fills my lungs, slowly, inch by inch. I can feel the burn in my body intensifying as I feel my body beginning to give up.‘ You have to win. If you fail, you die. ’ A cold whisper and then I am out of water, gasping desperately for air.I gasp and sit up instantly. My wild eyes move around the white room, trying to recall what has happened. Moving around, my eyes pause on the man sitting on the chair beside me. His face is placed in his palm, his elbow supported on the chair’s arm. His eyes are closed, his breathing even and his hair tousled.I gulp, seeing him sitting there and gradually everything hits my mind.

MADISON’S POVI hate to admit this, but the truth Alice revealed to me had smacked me hard in the face. I am finding myself gasping for air when the reality sinks in after Alice leaves.I drop on the couch with the note still clutched in my right hand. I recognised my father’s handwriting and I know everything is true.I know he was a monster, but why does it still hurt? It doesn’t shock me like it was supposed to do but it hurts me…why?I stare at my right hand in a trance. Family. Love. Friendship. Everything is gone from my life and I am left all alone, but I think…this is a punishment fit for me.I shouldn’t find excuses for myself to feel self-pity. I am a horrible person, the daughter of a monster. It hurts in a new way every time I admit this to myself.Tears start sliding down my cheeks without my control as my body trembles

MADISON’S POV Everything is dark around me and it’s like I can still hear the whistle in this darkness.The sound haunts me and it makes me twist in the invisible restraints bounding me to the darkness.I gasp for air and blink my eyes open. Light blinds me and makes me close my eyes again.Everything hurts, even breathing hurts at this point.Forcing myself, I open my eyes once again. The burn in my eyes is sharp, but I am too scared to close my eyes.“ You are awake. ” The familiar voice and the familiar words give me a sense of deja vu.Inhaling deeply, I turn my head a little at him and find Hayes sitting on the chair placed beside the bed.I blink my eyes at him, unable to understand what’s happening for a moment.‘ Dad…’ I hear the whisper of a memory in my mind and my eyes turn wide.He was the

HAYESHow am I going to convince her to stay at my house for a few days? Honestly, I know a lot of ways to do that, but I don’t feel generous enough to be polite.“ You are staying with me until you get your head straight. ” I tell her, barging inside her hospital room.She has been here for a few days already and now, it’s time for her to get discharged. I haven’t really cared for her much in the last few days, in fear that she might figure out that I still love her to moon and back — something like that.“ No way. I am not going anywhere with you. ” She barks back, not even sparing me a glance.I take a deep breath and look her over. She is smoothening out the wrinkles on the white dress she is wearing.Against my better judgment, my heart is drawn towards her and it wants me to march right to her and kiss her until the rest of her rational mind dies as well. After having a taste of her and knowing what it feels like to kiss her, to be above her, under her, inside her…I can’t think