Lahat ng Kabanata ng A Murderer's Lover: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

When Jean Luc awoke the next morning, Lucinda was no longer in his arms. He grumbled, but memory resurfaced and he smiled instead.Last night must have been a dream. But then again, time with her always felt that way.He expected to see her behind the kitchen counter or hear her voice when she snickered at the television. He had anticipated her acknowledging his presence before he could step out of their room like she normally did.He was greeted with silence.It was terribly unlike her. For a moment, he thought she would pop out of nowhere to scare the living shit out of him.It never happened.With furrowed brows, Jean Luc wandered into the kitchen and a weary part of him decided to open the refrigerator in search of Lucinda. She was nowhere. He glanced at the table where two cups of coffee should have been but instead, he found a note.She had never written to him before, and he had never seen her handwriting. It was neat, pretty a

There was a void in his chest.Jean Luc knew he was running from reality. There was absolutely no way. Lucinda could not be the sinful, vile, wicked, brutal RD.Although he dreaded to accept the truth, he must admit that it made so much sense. Her scars, her mysteries, her stories, her personality. It answered so many of his questions. He fell in love with a murderer. The murderer. He was so deep into it that he became blind.He had been holding the hand of a demon. He had been tasting her skin. Making love to her. And for God's sake, he had enjoyed it. Tremendously.Jean Luc had once heard stories of RD impaling someone with the leg of a chair. One of them even claimed that the demon fried their skin and stuck them on the wall for decoration. Was Lucinda really capable of that?"Your name is Raven?" he asked. That made sense too. She made him say the name just a night before for a reason he was too tired to ask."I don't

The last step to Raven's plan was already half done.She had been beginning to settle it ever since she started leaving her cottage frequently for the 'work' Jean Luc believed her to have.She bought a whole line of buildings from the previous owners, after discovering a safe method for a criminal to purchase land. Not just any land. A whole island--just for her family and herself. They would be the leaders they wish to be. She had plenty of debts after becoming an infamous murderer with many alliances who were just as dangerous as her. She could call in debts, use the money her crew had obtained and begin building a city. One that Domsville cannot be compared to.The group's last step would be blowing up a part of the town into shreds. To blow up the last piece of evidence that she was RD."Domsville? More like Doomsville," Blake said, proud of his little pun."No, more like Boomsville," Zak added on. They both laughed.Raven

Jean Luc thought he was hallucinating when he first gazed into the dark brown eyes he never forgot. The eyes of the murderer he had loved.Then, when she spoke in that too-familiar voice again, he felt his world crumbling down. He knew that was how he should have felt--like all his nightmares had compiled into one. He was ashamed to have felt something relight in him. Like an empty void filling itself at the mere sight of a demon.He had seen her for about half an hour. The pain of betrayal was still there, as were the memories from three years ago. It seemed like just yesterday when she left.Yet, things have changed.Not in his life, not really. He received plenty of opportunities to improve his life, and he took them all despite knowing most of them came from Raven. He had been working closer and closer to granting his biggest wish of a life away from Domsville.But of course, Raven had to show up now when everything was going okay. After he had

When Raven discovered that she might be bearing a child three years ago, the Soardina was not yet developed in the slightest. She had told Celie first, then they had to travel to the island closest to them, Midaz, to get the confirmation."I can't believe we're doing this," Raven had muttered bitterly. "We're wasting time in Midaz while the others are probably messing up the land.""We can't just treat it like it's impossible. I mean, you and that guy did have sex and both of you were probably so horny that," Celie gestured around the clinic they were in, "this happened.""No shit sherlock," Raven replied with a straight face.Then she discovered Celie was right, and she did not know how to feel.It was literally the worst time to bear children. And Raven, a wanted murderer, as a mother? That might be the most ridiculous thing on earth.Raven always knew what to do, yet t