All Chapters of Loved Me, Then Destroyed Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

The mentor's voice turned tense."Janice, Samuel's not going to make it. He…""Don't tell me the details. I can't handle it," Janice cut him off, her voice tight with pain. "Now go ahead and take away his ability to be a man.""What?" Her mentor's voice shot up in shock. "You don't want kids anymore? I thought you loved children!"Janice said calmly, "Even if Samuel can't have children, I'll still love him, even if it means we'll have a sexless marriage. It has to be exact. If it isn't, the story will repeat itself with Tim."Her tone never wavered. To me, it sounded like something straight out of hell.A moment later, someone brought over a massive pair of rusted pliers.Even after I had already given up hope, fear still hit me hard enough to make me recoil.I didn't want to lose what made me a man. That kind of thing would've destroyed me.Day after day, Janice wanted me constantly, no matter the time. She used to say she dreamed of having our child, of building a quiet, hap

My teammates rushed me onto a stretcher and pushed me toward the runway.We ran straight into Janice and Tim as they were about to leave.Katie Hoffman sprinted over and grabbed Janice by the arm. "Let Samuel get on first. He's crashing. If he doesn't make it back, he's not going to survive!"Janice didn't even pause. "No. The helicopter only fits two. I'm taking Tim out now. This place isn't safe."Her voice was steady, with no hesitation.Katie's voice broke as she shouted, "Samuel's dying! He's your husband! How is getting Tim out more important than his life?"Tim lowered his head, putting on that soft, fragile look. "It's okay, Janice. Samuel's probably just jealous. You should take him back. I'll be fine here on my own."Janice had been wavering, just slightly.But after she heard that, her expression settled."Samuel's not in danger. The doctors just said he was stable. Don't try to lie to me for him. This isn't the time to act out."She grabbed Tim's hand and headed f

Janice couldn't believe that Tim, someone she had trusted without question, was capable of something this vicious.She opened her mouth, but no words came. She had never told Tim to inject me.Katie pulled a ring from her pocket and tossed it at her feet."Samuel asked me to give you this."Janice's hands trembled as she picked it up.It was our wedding ring.Fear flooded her eyes, disbelief right behind it."H-He doesn't want me anymore?"The light reflecting off the ring stung her eyes.Back then, on that mission, she took shrapnel for me. A fragment had pierced her ribs, and even like that, she told me that I should find someone else.I refused. I melted that piece of metal down and turned it into this ring.On our wedding day, I told her that if there ever came a day I didn't want her anymore, I would take it off.And now I had.Katie let out a cold laugh. "Yeah. He watched you get on that helicopter with Tim, watched his own wife cut off his only way out. Why would he

I was too stunned to speak.Janice had actually started hurting innocent people…because of me?"Go talk to her," the old man said with a tired sigh. "Don't let her keep going down this path. We can't enter that world ourselves. Only one interworld traveler can enter a given world."I nodded.I didn't want to see Janice again, but I couldn't let her keep killing people because of me.I followed the man to a rundown building.Police had the place surrounded. A loudspeaker kept blaring from outside."Janice Frost, you're surrounded! Put the weapon down and come out with your hands up. Cooperate, and we'll go easy on you."The old man led me straight through the perimeter and into the building.The metallic smell of blood hit me immediately, so thick that it almost made me gag.And then I saw Janice, standing in the middle of a room, soaked in blood. She stood there with her back to me, completely still, like a statue.On the floor, Tim lay barely breathing, his body drenched in