From Ocean's Grave To Queen

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hind my back. I struggled, my heart hammering against my ribs, watching in horror as one of Blake's hulking goons raised a heavy boot, the

ars streaming down my face. "He's your

beside him, leaned into his arm. The goon kept kicking, Ethan's screams slowly fading into whimper

eeding mess on the ground. Blake turned, a dark satisfaction

to staunch the blood flowing from his wounds. "Ethan, stay with me! Please!" His eye

dy. Blood bloomed on his lips. "Couldn't... save it. Your emp

verwhelmed me. My vision blurred, and a sharp, searing pain tore through my chest. I gasped, a choking sound,

yes snapped open, and my breath caught in my throat. I was suspended in mid-air, a thick rope biting into my wrists, m

pale, her eyes wide with terror, whimpering hyste

, and to my horror, Blake, his face a mask of anguish. My biological p

s, one dies! Blake, you pick your precious Hayleigh! And the Fryes, you pick your

at my parents. My real parents. A sliver of hope, a desperate, foolish hope, flicke

countdown. "Te

gh and me. He was torn. And then, his gaze settl

e! F

ed indecision, looked at each other. Eleni'

! Two!

ake screamed,

rents cried, almo

red. They chose her. All of them. They chose the lie. They chose th

ll so blind. He still played the hero to her manufactur

. The pain, the betrayal, the never-ending struggle – it was all over. I wouldn't have t

way with a s

ater, then the icy shock of the ocean