All Chapters of The Past Between Us: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

I tried to stand but my legs would not work. Blood ran down my arm from the shot in my shoulder. Damien held my hand tighter. His face looked pale and wet with sweat.His father stepped closer. The old man looked strong. Not sick. Not dead. His eyes moved over us like we were nothing.“You planned all of this,” Damien said. His voice came out weak but full of hate.His father smiled.“Of course I did. Your mother, her mother, the switched child, the drive. Every piece. I needed you two to fight each other until the end. It made you weak. It made you easy to control.”He looked at the kids. Liam and Rose stood by the door crying. One of the men grabbed them and held them back.“No,” I said. My voice broke. “Leave them alone.”The old man laughed once.“They are the future Lila. My future. One of them carries the real bloodline. The other is just extra. I will decide which one stays.”Damien tried to push himself up. Blood poured faster from his leg.“Father stop this,” he said. “Take w

My eyes felt heavy. The room spun slowly. I tried to push the man away but my arms would not move right. His face stayed close. That same cold smile.“Stay awake a little longer,” he said. His voice sounded low and smooth. “I want you to see this.”Tears ran down my face. I thought about Damien driving away. He left us here. Alone with this monster. Pain filled my chest more than the wound in my shoulder.“Please,” I whispered. “Not the children. Take me instead.”He laughed quietly. The sound made my skin crawl.“You still beg. Even now. Your mother taught you nothing.”He looked at Liam and Rose. They slept deeply from the medicine the real nurses gave them. Their small faces looked peaceful. I wanted to scream and wake them. I wanted to grab them and run. But my body felt like stone.The man pressed the syringe harder against my neck. Cold liquid touched my skin.“This will make you sleep,” he said. “When you wake you will be far from here. And the children will learn who their rea

The shot rang through the trees. I screamed and pulled the children behind me. Damien stood there for a moment. Then he fell to his knees. Blood spread across his shirt fast. His eyes met mine. Wide with shock and pain.“No!” I cried. My voice sounded raw and broken.I ran to him and dropped beside his body. My hands pressed against the wound. Warm blood covered my fingers. He looked up at me. His breathing came short and hard.“Lila,” he whispered. “Take them. Run.”Tears fell from my eyes onto his face. I shook my head.“I will not leave you. Not again.”Damien’s father stepped closer. The gun still pointed at us. His face showed no sadness. Only victory.“You see?” he said. “This is what happens when you fight me. Everyone you love pays the price.”Rose started crying loud. Liam held her tight but his own eyes filled with tears. They called for their father. The sound tore my heart open.I looked at the old man. Hate burned inside me hotter than anything I had ever felt.“You are a

My heart was beating so fast I could feel it in my throat as I stood there between my mother and the hospital bed where Damien lay fighting for his life the children clung to my legs their small hands trembling against me. I stared at the woman who had caused so much pain the one I thought was gone forever yet here she stood alive and cold with that little bottle in her hand ready to end everything. "You are not taking him from me" I said my voice low but steady even though fear and anger twisted together inside my chest. "Not after everything we have survived not after he finally told me the truth about our children."She tilted her head her eyes narrowing with that familiar cruel smile that used to make me feel so small as a child. "Always the fighter Lila but look where it has gotten you. Shot. Broken. Hiding in hospitals while the world burns around you. Give me what I want and perhaps I will let him wake up one day. Refuse and I drop this into his line and watch him slip away wh

I stood at the window watching the car disappear down the road. My body felt numb. The trusted person inside it with my mother was the last one I expected to see. My mind spun trying to understand why she would turn against us now.Damien lay back in the bed, his face still pale from the fight. He reached for my hand and held it weakly. "Who was that with her?" he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.I could not answer right away. The betrayal cut too deep. I thought of all the times that person had stood by us through the worst moments. Now they rode away with the one woman who wanted us destroyed.The children sensed something wrong. They stayed close to the bed, their eyes big and worried. I tried to smile for them but it felt false. Inside my chest a storm raged fear for our safety, anger at the lies and a deep sadness that this nightmare refused to end.A nurse came in to check the machines. She gave us medicine to calm the little ones and soon they drifted off to sleep curle