CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE “My name is Shane. I am the bone reaper!” The midget said, growling at Adrian.For over five seconds, he searched for nervousness in Adrian’s eyes, but he could only see recognition.Adrian held onto his wry smile, and then he sniggered. “You are the bone reaper?” He pointed down at Shane with ridicule laced in his voice.His eyes sparked with disdain, and a sneer followed. “Your son was collateral damage, Shane. If you want my advice, I would tell you to forget about what you have in mind and move on. This is pointless.”Shane growled, but that didn’t stop Adrian from nodding to affirm his words. “Yes, Shane. Just go with your men and I will pretend like this never happened.” Adrian looked back at Will’s body, and seeing that he had no movement, he grunted, clenching his right fist. “That was my Assistant your men just shot at. If he is dead, then your men will die. All of them.” He made a move in an attempt to walk toward Will, but the men blocked him at the

Adrian had no regret for what he said, and even when it was very obvious that he had infuriated the two people standing tall before him, he didn’t seem to care. “Even with a hundred men, you will never be able to get what you want. That vengeance shall never be yours to take.” “Did you hear that?!” Bianca said to her son, urging him to attack with her eyes. “I want you to make his death so painful and slow that he will beg for the reaper to come for his soul, but it will almost take forever.” Kean nodded with a wry smile. “Trust me, mother.” He returned his flaming eyes to Adrian and nodded again. “I am going to make sure that all his bones are broken.” Adrian scoffed, and then he spread his arms widely like he was surrendering his entire body. “Go ahead then. I guess you are never going to listen.” He took a deep breath, his eyes urging Kean to do his worst. At that moment, Kean felt the surge to attack crawling into him, but a thought suddenly hit him, causing

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE Elara was left speechless after hearing what Adrian said. She took a deep breath, and then she took three steps backward. “I didn’t know.” She muttered, and Adrian nodded with a smirk.“Now you know, Elara.” He drew closer to her, and with a smile, he grabbed her by the hand, looking into her eyes. “I made a promise to you, Elara. I don’t intend to break that promise for any reason.” Adrian assured without letting go of his smile, and Elara responded with a quick nod, forcing a smile. She was still curious, but it didn’t look like she was ever going to get the chance to satisfy her curiosity, especially at that moment when Adrian seemed too sweet for her to want to ruin that moment. Just then, the Doctor walked out of the ward, reminding them of the serious situation that had brought them to the hospital.Adrian’s mood switched instantly, his eyes widening as they sought to know what news the Doctor had for them.“How is he, Doctor?” He inquired, inching clos

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN Adrian was the only one who wasn’t nervous at that moment when silence hovered in the air, thickened by the tension that roamed all over the place. “I don’t think you should take that call, Billy,” Carter said with a shaky tone, feeling the throbbing of his violent heartbeat. Billy shook his head, tightening his grip on the phone as his hands had suddenly become very slippery, and shaky. “I can’t ignore his call, Doctor Carter. You know what’s going to happen.” He took a deep breath, but just when he thought he was finally going to have enough courage to push the icon, the call ended. “No.” He gasped, gulping heavy saliva. His chest tightened, perspiration increasing all over him. When he saw Elara looking behind him like she was expecting to see someone, he had to quickly tone with flustered eyes, but ended up meeting an empty hallway. He continued staring until the sound of his blaring ringtone forced him to turn, his eyes moving to the phone. "It’s him

“Oh Lord!” Elara prayed for Adrian, watching as he fearlessly approached the men. She turned to Billy who had drawn closer to her, staring with tears in her eyes. “I beg you, Billy. Let him live and I promise to come with you. I will do whatever you want.” Billy scoffed, turning to Elara. “It’s already too late for that, Miss Lart. He will suffer for running his mouth.” “No.” Elara gasped, shaking her head slowly.Tears fell from her eyes, and when she turned to Adrian, her vision became blurry even after she cleaned the tears on her face.“This is not right, Billy! Adrian has done nothing to you! You should let him go. I am willing to go with you!” She turned to Billy, but it already looked like his mind was made up. “Get him, boys,” Billy said quietly, but it seemed like his subordinates heard him, or rather, they read what his body language was saying.The men snarled at Adrian, getting closer with their eyes glaring like they were in search of the perfect place on his body t