The poison in my veins had two years left, just like me. Two years I' d spent trapped in a gilded cage by Ethan Lester, the man I once loved. He believed I betrayed him, orchestrated his family' s slaughter, a lie I carried to protect him from a truth that would have led him to self-destruction. I endured his hatred, the scars, the daily degradations, all while my life slowly ebbed away. Then came the night Sabrina, his new woman, a viper wearing a sweetheart's smile, orchestrated the unspeakable. She lured my little brother, Andrew, the only innocent left in my world, to the compound. She planned to drain his blood for a twisted art project. I found him, strapped down, and I screamed for her to take me instead. But Ethan, blind with rage and manipulated by Sabrina' s lies, saw my reaction as defiance. He threatened Andrew, trying to extract a "confession" from me. My truth would kill him; my silence guaranteed my brother's fate. He offered me everything I' d ever wanted – a future, marriage – if I just confessed. I couldn't. Sabrina, with a subtle push, guided his hand, and the blade sliced across Andrew' s throat right before my eyes. My world shattered as I watched him die, Ethan' s hand, bloodied, still on the knife. As I lay dying beside my brother's cooling body, my last words shattered Ethan' s delusions, revealing the true traitors. Now that it' s all over, all I want to know is: Can a man who destroyed everything he claimed to love ever atone for the irreparable damage he caused?
The poison in my veins had two years left, just like me.
Two years I' d spent trapped in a gilded cage by Ethan Lester, the man I once loved.
He believed I betrayed him, orchestrated his family' s slaughter, a lie I carried to protect him from a truth that would have led him to self-destruction.
I endured his hatred, the scars, the daily degradations, all while my life slowly ebbed away.
Then came the night Sabrina, his new woman, a viper wearing a sweetheart's smile, orchestrated the unspeakable.
She lured my little brother, Andrew, the only innocent left in my world, to the compound.
She planned to drain his blood for a twisted art project.
I found him, strapped down, and I screamed for her to take me instead.
But Ethan, blind with rage and manipulated by Sabrina' s lies, saw my reaction as defiance.
He threatened Andrew, trying to extract a "confession" from me.
My truth would kill him; my silence guaranteed my brother's fate.
He offered me everything I' d ever wanted – a future, marriage – if I just confessed.
I couldn't.
Sabrina, with a subtle push, guided his hand, and the blade sliced across Andrew' s throat right before my eyes.
My world shattered as I watched him die, Ethan' s hand, bloodied, still on the knife.
As I lay dying beside my brother's cooling body, my last words shattered Ethan' s delusions, revealing the true traitors.
Now that it' s all over, all I want to know is: Can a man who destroyed everything he claimed to love ever atone for the irreparable damage he caused?
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