NovelsFreeChapter 254 None of us had an answer. But we had to keep searching. We had to keep fighting. Because this, this box, these toenails, was only the beginning. And we wouldn't stop until we found Olivia and brought her home.
"It's time, then." Luke stood up; his presence suddenly more intimidating than I had ever seen before. The shift in his demeanour was palpable, like a switch had been flipped inside him. He was no longer the man who had been frantically searching for Olivia, the man who was broken by grief. Now, he was something darker, something colder, a predator in every sense of the word.
"Xander wants Luke the predator," he said, his voice steady, almost clinical, “then he will get Luke the predator." The words sent a chill through the room. This wasn't the Luke I knew. The man standing in front of us now was someone else entirely. His eyes, once filled with doubt and uncertainty, were now hardened, resolute. There was a cold fury in his gaze that I had never seen before, a willingness to do whatever it took, no matter the cost.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtI glanced over at Ethan, the rational one among us, the one who always kept his head when things got out of control. But as I looked into his eyes, a wave of fear washed over me. There was no calmness there now. His expression was tight, his jaw clenched, and his eyes were dark with a mix of anger and resignation. He wasn't going to stop Luke. But the look on his face terrified me.
What were they planning? What was Luke planning? And more importantly, did I want to stop him? The question lingered in my mind, the weight of it heavy and suffocating. A part ofwanted to pull Luke back, to remind him that we couldn't descend into the depths of hell, even if it meant finding Olivia. But another part of me, deep down, in that quiet place buried under the fear and the panic, wondered if I should just let him do it. Let the devil loose, let the monster out, if it meant Olivia would be brought back to us.
I knew what Xander had done to her. I had seen the toenails. I knew the kind of pain he was capable of inflicting. And as much as I hated to admit it, a part ofwanted him to feel the weight of that cruelty, wanted him to suffer the way Olivia was suffering. I wanted him to understand that if you touched someone we loved, there would be consequences. Real consequences.
But was this the way? Was becoming the very monster we feared the answer? Could we really justify it, no matter how desperate we were to bring Olivia home? Ethan's eyes flickered to me, and for a moment, I saw the conflict in them too. He wasn't just worried about Luke; he was worried about us. About what we were becoming in this search for Olivia. There was a fine line between justice and vengeance, and we were getting dangerously close to crossing it.
But the truth was, none of us knew how far we were willing to go. We were in uncharted territory now especially Ethan and I. The man who had kidnapped Olivia wasn't just a criminal, he was a sadist, a person who enjoyed torturing others. And every fibre of my being screamed for revenge. The anger burned throughlike fire, and a part ofwanted to see him pay for what he had done to her.
Luke turned tothen, his eyes dark but steady, and for a moment, the man I loved was back. The love I saw in his eyes hadn't disappeared entirely, but it was tempered by something far more dangerous now.
"I won't stop until she's back,” he said softly, as if reassuring me. But the intensity in his voice made my blood run cold. He wasn't just saying he was going to find her. He was tellingthat nothing, not Xander, not anyone, would stand in his way.
I had no doubt he meant it.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Whatever it takes,” he added, his voice quiet but filled with a cold determination that made my stomach drop. Ethan stood up, his hand rubbing the back of his neck, clearly torn. "You need to be careful," he warned, his voice strained. "I understand the need for revenge, but if we let that consus, we will lose ourselves in the process.
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But I wasn't sure Ethan was even listening anymore. Luke was already s already walking towards the door, his eyes never leaving the path ahead of him. He had made up his mind. There was no turning back.
And as for me... part ofwanted to stop him, wanted to pull him back from the edge. But another part of me, the part that had watched Olivia suffer, whispered that maybe, just maybe, letting Luke do this was the only way to make sure we brought her home.
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