Chapter 12
Kayla’s POV
It didn’t take long before doctors and nurses flooded the room, trying to resuscitate her. But it was too late, she was gone. Tears stream down my eyes as the realization set in. The doctor asked us to leave the room and we obliged.
Walked out and saw Hardin pacing outside the room in panic, immediately he saw me, he ran towards me and hugged me, I was crying uncontrollably now, I knew her time was near but she died a painful death.
Vincent, in his grief, turned his anger toward Ava. “You killed my mother!” Vincent said to Ava who looked unphased by what had just happened.
“Oh please, she was going to die anyway” she replied nonchalantly.
I stood there with my mouth wide open in shock the moment those words left her
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mouth, I always knew Ava was no good but I never thought she was this cruel. Humans are known to be more sympathetic and compassionate but that wasn’t the case with Ava.
“Let’s go,” Hardin said to me, there was no point watching them argue and tear each other to pieces. I nodded and followed his lead.
Suddenly I felt someone tug on my dress, I turned to see Vincent on his kneel. “Kayla please I am begging you, don’t do this to me, I love you” he pleaded.
I stood there, unable to move “Get your hands off her Vincent, you lost!” Hardin replied as he pulled me along but that wasn’t the only thing that was stopping me from moving.
“She…she has a gun,” I said pointing to Ava, her hair disheveled and her face marred by dark bruises, likely inflicted by Vincent during their altercation.
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“You took everything away from me, there is no way I am letting you Kayla. This ends here” she shrieked, her voice hoarse with
rage.
“Ava put the fucking gun down!” Vincent yelled at her but she didn’t budge.
“No Vincent, you don’t get to tell me what to do. Not after lying to me, you want Kayla? You can have her but that would be her dead body”
With a crazed glint in her eye, Ava directed the gun to my face. “What do you want? Anything just names your price” Hardin said trying to talk some sense into her
“I don’t want your money Mr. Man…”
“After everything I have done for you?” I finally found my voice. “I helped you when you were dying, I let you into my home, clothes you, fed you and this is what I get in return”
I let out a sad chuckle “You humans are ungrateful, all you people do is take and
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take and take until there is nothing left… kill me, Ava, if that would make you feel better”
“But guess what? You will never be happy, you will live the rest of your miserable life thinking of how you lost everything to a werewolf!”
I concluded I knew nothing I say would stop her from pulling the trigger, and just like I thought she didn’t disappoint.
“Stop!” Vincent and Hardin bellowed in unison, their voices echoing through the air.
I tried to react, but it was too late. In the blink of an eye, a figure darted in front of me, shielding me from the attack.
With a sickening thud, the bullet sank deep into Hardin’s shoulder, releasing a crimson gush of blood that stained his clothes as he stumbled backward, his face contorted in
agony.
I stood frozen, the world spinning around
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me as I watched in horror, helpless to do anything but witness Hardin collapse.
