Her fifth daughter died, so she deleted his bloodline. novel Chapter 24

Chapter 5

The pain kept me awake.

In a daze, I caught sight of a man with a single eye-Victor from the Kane family, Adrian’s rival.

Back then, after the Kane family destroyed the Sterlings, Victor had let his men beat and torture Adrian for sport.

My dad had been the one to find him and drag him out alive.

Twenty years later, Adrian had risen from the ashes and wiped the Kane family off the

map.

By the time Adrian arrived, Sienna and I were hanging high above the ground.

Victor stood off to the side with a knife in his hand and made him choose.

The wind shoved us back and forth in the air.

Adrian stared at us, his face so dark it looked carved from stone.

Time dragged.

Victor sawed halfway through my rope, then halfway through Sienna’s.

I looked straight at Adrian.

My eyes begged him. “Save the baby! Sienna isn’t even-

“Ah!” Sienna screamed over me.

She clutched at her stomach and sobbed, “It hurts. Adrian, our baby—”

His pupils widened as a flash of struggle crossed his face.

“Audrey,” he said hoarsely, “Sienna’s not strong like you. She’s fragile.”

Then he closed his eyes.

Then, slowly, he said, “I choose Sienna.”

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My heart sank, as if I were drowning.

I watched as Victor lowered her, Adrian rushed forward to catch her, and he gathered

her into his arms, leaving without a single glance at me.

Then my rope snapped.

The fall came with one violent, deafening crash.

Pain tore through me so hard it felt like my whole body had burst apart.

Something cold slid down my legs.

“Baby…”

“Audrey!”

Somewhere far away, through the thick darkness swallowing me whole, I thought I

heard someone calling my name.

When I woke again, I was back in the hospital

The baby was gone, taking with it whatever remained of my heart.

The door opened.

Adrian stepped inside.

He saw me lying there, pale and wrecked, covered in bruises and bandages.

“I’ve dealt with Victor,” he said.

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