It was cold, dark and silent. Lana Pierce could feel herself drowning deeper and deeper into the darkness with every passing second. How had she ended up here? She didn’t know. All she knew was that she wasn’t going to make it out. There was one thing on her mind. The person behind this was no other person than Seth Mannen. She was certain that this was his doing. She was paying for going against them. She fell deeper into the water, she realized that he had won. There was no coming back from this. Lana could feel herself running out of oxygen. Her lungs were burning, crying out for oxygen, but Lana knew no matter how she struggled, there was no escape. Nobody was coming to save her. This was the end. Her end. Her life flashed before her eyes. There were a few moments she regretted. The one at the top of the list was staying with Rylan when he had urged her. He knew that Seth would come after her again, and therefore he couldn’t let her go. But Lana had been stubborn and had refused

Lana Pierce opened her eyes slowly as she came back to consciousness. She ran her hands on the surface which she laid on and realized that it was soft. It was a bed. Lana was relieved to know that this was reality. The last thing she remembered was slipping in and out of consciousness an uncomfortable number of times. As she tried to recall what happened, her head ached in pain. “Ouch!” She gasped softly. A figure moved beside her. She turned her head and met Rylan who was looking at her with a crooked smile on his face. His amber eyes were out of color and his face was pale. His dark brown hair was ruffled and fell across his face. She was confused. How did she end up here? The last thing she found was drowning when she saw a figure in the darkness reach towards her. It was then she recalled everything. She had been drowning in the harbor after her body was dumped in there by two men. She could remember her lungs crying out for air as she ran out of breath. The continuous inhalin

Lana Pierce opened her eyes once more and looked around her. She was still in bed. This was still Rylan’s room. She turned around and was glad to see that she was no longer hooked to the heart rate machine. It meant that she was getting better already. Who would have thought that she would have survived that? The answer wasn’t her. She had given up too easily, and she didn’t feel bad about it. At some point, she felt it was better to end it all than face what was lying ahead of her. She rose from the bed and sat on the edge as she ran her fingers through her hair. She was starving. The night that she had been almost killed, she had been on her way out of the grocery store to get some groceries. Lana realized that she hadn’t eaten since then. She wondered what day it was and how long she had been out. The last thing she could remember was talking to the man who had saved her life. It turns out that it had been Rylan who instructed him to do so. As she tried to recall his name, her hea

“Hello, Rylan.”Rylan couldn’t believe his eyes. He was bathed in disbelief. Eve stood before him dressed in a yellow sunflower dress which brought out the color in her ocean blue eyes. Her black hair fell on her shoulders making her look gorgeous all together. Rylan gulped hard. She looked stunning. “How’s this possible?” He asked. Eve chuckled and sat on the table. After she had sent the mail to Rylan, she thought it was a bad idea. She couldn’t believe she was sitting with Rylan now. After everything she had done to him in the past, she couldn’t believe she would have the courage to meet him. Rylan was dressed in a black suit and his amber eyes gleamed in the afternoon sunlight which washed across their table, courtesy of the window beside them. His face was frozen like he was staring at a ghost. She was aware of his surprise. Looking at him now, it was hard to believe that he was the one tormenting her family. He looked so innocent and gorgeous. “You’re looking good,” she teas

Thomas Brown took off the yellow helmet and wiped the sweat off his face with the back of his hand. He was exhausted, but he couldn’t stop. They were almost done with tearing down the place. This had been going on for two weeks now and it was finally time for them to be done. Thomas opened his bottle of water and gulped down the contents. He used the remaining water to wash his face.“It’s like a summer day, isn’t it?” One of the workers stepped out of the bulldozer. Thomas nodded and sighed. “It sure is.”The man chuckled and took off his helmet too. His dirty blonde hair was soaked in sweat, and so was half of his clothes too. “This is a good thing right?” The man asked. Thomas closed his empty bottle and looked at the man in confusion. “What do you mean?” He asked. “I mean, tearing down the casino. You know we used to come here once in a while,” the man replied teasing Thomas at the end. “That was a long time ago, Jerome. I’m done with that stuff,” Thomas reminded him. “Tha