Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Traitor's Daughter : Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

Sarah’s POVIt happened on a Tuesday.The kind of day that felt ordinary in all the right ways, socks warm from the dryer, fresh coffee in my favorite mug, and Lorenzo’s jacket draped over the kitchen chair because he never remembered to hang it up. The wind carried the smell of pine, and I had just sent my first message to a support group I found online. I was building something again. Piece by piece.I thought I was safe.I thought peace had roots now, buried deep enough that nothing could dig them up.I was wrong.I’d gone out to the clearing again, the same one I had walked to days before when I finally felt free in my body again. I’d brought my journal and a blanket, planning to spend an hour under the clouds scribbling thoughts and hopes and maybe even a letter to my younger self.The wind was softer today. The sky open and merciful.I didn’t hear him at first.Didn’t sense it.Didn’t feel the old, heavy darkness until it was already too close.The snap of a branch.I turned.An

The way life could change so fast was one thing that would always shock me. I can't believe that my life has actually come to this in such a short time. Just about seven months ago, I was in deep hell. In a place that I never thought I would escape. A hellish torment that made me make several attempts on my life because I was all alone with no help, and now, I had help. I had love and people in my corner. I had a person who would do anything he possibly could to protect me and keep me from my demons, even if it means risking what he had worked all his life for. Suddenly, life doesn't feel so bad anymore. I know that I still had that little fear in me of the unknown. That fear that this man may not be with me for very long because I knew just how disgustingly capable the monster that is supposed to be my father is, and also knew that he would never stop until he sees that I stopped breathing. In this fight, there was no in between. It's either he dies or I do. That I knew

Standing in the midst of bushes on a steep mountain as the weather turned dark. I was staring at a beat up wodeen shed that was supposed to be our new place and to say I was disappointed would be an understatement.I was scared.The place looked haunted. The sound of the howling breeze and the sway of branches as the day got dark in the middle of nowhere was nothing short of scary.I know we left for my safety but this is extreme.The wooden doors that I think we're once brown,were now dark and had mushrooms stuck to it. The door in question was swinging open with the air and even the stick walls, had holes in them.“It looks like no one has been here since the earth was formed.” I said to Lorenzo whinjust cackled at my words and expression.Was he not finding it as crazy as I was.The could would literally kill us because this was basically living in a tree.“Come on, the inside may look better. Don't judge a book by its cover.” He said to me as he dragged out bags inside with almost

The crack of dawn in this place was a different kind of magical. It was calm and chaotic at the same time.The cock always crowed as soon as it felt or saw the first sign if daylight, and never missed it. At this point, I didn't even need an alarm to wake yo be ause fir the three days we had spent here, I had been woken up by the cock’s crow. As soon as I moved my body, I heard a crack that reminded me of a decision that I almost slapped myself for even though I knew it was for the best.Standing up. I walked to the bathroom, as my body ached from yesterday’s session, but I didn’t mind. Pain meant progress. Every muscle that throbbed beneath my skin was a badge of something I never thought I’d crave again: strength.Real strength. My own.I had asked Lorenzo to help me train a few days ago. The words had barely left my mouth when I saw his face twist with hesitation, not because he doubted me, but because he was terrified of breaking what was still healing. And I got it. I was hea

It was morning, and once again sleep had eluded me for the most of the night as I had not heard any tangible news from my men. All I had been hearing were unimportant information about my businesses and how the investments in Daniel’s care were. It was all to plain that I suspected that there actually was very viral information that he was coming to give to me by himself. It was a method we both had been using since we started working together. We could never risk leaking vital information as it could cost us more than our lives. One could not be too careful. I stood at the edge of the mountain and waited. It had been about 4 days since I got the last message and if I had calculated right, Daniel should be reaching here within the hour. He was the only one besides Grayson that knew where we were. After some hours, at exactly 8:00 p.m. Daniel with a gray hoodie, scuffed boots, eyes that scanned everything before stepping through a doorway. Paranoid. Good. I’d tra