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Hunter's Island,
09:07 am

The sound of waves hitting the wall behind the resigned prisoners was being heard in the pin-dropped silence of the basement.

Vi was awake, resting the back of her head against the wall. Her tired eyes turned towards the entrance of the basement from where she could hear some footsteps.

The light of Draven's cell which was in front of her suddenly turned on. He stir in his sleep some giant men started to unlock the cell. Draven sat up quickly as they got inside his cell.

" King wants you upstairs."One of the men informed.

" For what?" Draven asked standing up from the dusty floor.

" Queen needs a doctor." He replied swiping the detector machine all over Draven's body.

" That maniac. " Draven mumbled under his breath thinking about his last encounter with Hunter. He realized he said that out loud enough for the men standing in front of him to hear but surprisingly they didn't react. Three men simply surrounded him and took him upstairs with them.

Draven with those men stopped on the door frame of Hunter's bedroom. The door was wide open already. Draven's gaze fell on the bed in front of him. Hunter was rubbing Grace's back gently. Softly mumbling something in her ear. Her face was buried in Hunter's chest.

" King, the doctor is here." A man said slightly pushing Draven inside.

Hunter moved back a little and turned his head to look at the door. Draven looked at him, recalling his last conversation with him then at the girl in his arm only to get stupefied.

" Elly?" His eyebrows crashed because she looked like her but he wasn't sure if it was her because of her short hair and now pale face. He immediately went towards the bed to clear his doubt.

" ELLY?" Draven's eyes widened when he finally recognized her. He immediately claimed the bed and grabbed her wrist. " What you did to her?'' He asked checking her pulse only to get relax a little. "Have she taken her medicines?" Draven asked checking her eyes hurriedly.

Hunter stared at the doctor as he seems so concerned. " What medication?" He asked.

" For her mental condition. She's been dealing with Amnesia. She's my patient. She has lost her memories a few months ago in an accident with my friend Cad-" Draven stopped his panic talk and looked up at Hunter whose red eyes were on him. Draven's face turned colorless when he realized he said what he has been hiding.

Behind Hunter's eye, a monster was lurking to rip Draven apart. " Open her eyes or I'll close yours forever." Hunter said in a gravelly voice making Draven nod immediately.

Hunter laid Grace on the bed and allowed Draven to do his work. He brought everything Draven asked for and even asked if she needs any specialists but Draven denied saying he could do it by himself because the island had all the facilities for her treatment.

To know what was up with her Draven took some tests and sat in a corner of the room waiting for the result as it was sent to the laboratory downstairs. He was so amazed by Hunter's behavior around Grace. Because for the first time when he met Hunter he had r*ped Vi.

He gazed up to see the tiger roaming and sweating next to the bed. Waiting for Grace to get her consciousness. He seemed he was one moment away to lose his mind.

" She wasn't lying. All this f*cking time she has been trying to make me believe but I didn't." He mumbled to himself running his fingers through his hair.

" She'll be alright." Draven assured lo making Hunter stop and look down at him. " We all are afraid to lose our loved ones. Some can rip the sky to save them while some can only see them dying helplessly. People beg me to save their loved ones but forget that the ruler of the sky is someone else. I could only try. I don't think of myself any more than a helper when I save lives, I don't know how people claim to be a God when all they do is kill people."

Hunter paid heed to Draven's words knowing he was taunting him. " Sometimes you need to become your own God... because he isn't for monsters."

Draven went silent after listening to Hunter. At least he knows what he is.

Hunter walked towards the window where he could see the garden area and the wide sea behind it. A mega ship's knot was getting tied. Some people were getting taken inside.

Soon he saw Dash who had handcuffed Caden with him. Dash commanded a few men to take Caden to the cell and entered the mansion.

Hunter sat beside Grace on the bed. Her breathing was calm, her eyes were closed, her lips had buries, and her short hair was messy. Hunter brushed her bangs from her face only to see a scar on her forehead. The scar she got from the accident.

Thee Hunter King regretted for the first time for not believing when she said she has lost her memories. He ran his thumb on her scar.

His heart is a diamond. Cold, hard, and brilliant. Still, it shrank looking down at her pale face. He blames himself for her condition, he thinks she got a panic attack because of him. The doctor thinks it's because of her not taking medicines but the truth was something else.

Dash walked inside Hunter's bedroom but suddenly found unconscious Grace, Draven sitting in the corner and concerned Hunter.

" Is everything alright?" Dash asked walking in further. As soon as his gaze fell on Grace's face he concluded the situation.

" She has lost her memories. She doesn't remember anything." Hunter mumbled and gazed up at Dash. " She forgot me too." He added.

Dash stayed silent. Draven was also taken aback hearing the softness in Hunter's voice.

" King?" Zara walked in hurriedly breaking the silence. " Reports." She said showing a file to Hunter. He gave her a nod so she could hand it to Draven. 

Draven stood up and took the file from her. He turned some pages reading the normal reports. His eyebrows crashed together when he read the last report's results, the test he took only to clear his doubt but it turned the whole page.

" Elly- She's pregnant."

Zara gasped covering her mouth. While Dash's head snapped towards Draven. " What the f*ck are you saying?" Dash took long strides towards the doctor and snatched the file from him. " Shit." Dash closed his eyes tightly shut before gazing in Hunter's direction.

Hunter was sitting in the same place, Grace's palm was still in his gentle hold, but his eyeballs were moving left to right and his eyes were turning reder.

" Hunter-" Dash took a step towards Hunter but he stopped Dash showing a warning finger without looking at him.

Angry tears started to blur his vision. He stood up immediately to leave the room but Grace's caught two of his fingers.

He froze on his spot and gazed down at her to see her gaining consciousness as her eyes slowly opened. " H-Hunter." She breathed out.

She finally recognized.

She said the same name before losing her memories and after gaining it. ' Hunter'. He's well lingered in her soul.

Hunter stared for a few more seconds before untangling her finger and leaving the room heavy heartedly.

" Take care of her and send the doctor back to the cell." Dash commanded Zara before following Hunter behind.

Hunter slammed the door of his bathroom and stared at his own eyes in the reflection of his bathroom mirror. His hands were resting on the sink. His eyes were red, veins were popping in his sclera, and his pupils were getting darker and darker.

"Why, Love?" He mumbled under his breath. His buff chest started moving back and forth. The doctor's words were echoing in the walls of his mind.

He saw a tear escaping his eye and dropping on his knuckle. I can't cry. His palm fisted and he punched the mirror in the center of it. It shattered with a loud sound. "WHY?" He growled punching it again and again.

Blood started oozing out from the fresh cuts as he kept on hitting the mirror. Mirror's scattered piece dug in his knuckle but he felt no pain. It was nothing in comparison to how badly his heart was bleeding.

Is there anything I didn't give her? Didn't I lay the world under her feet? Loved her beyond any limits? Didn't she think about me at least once before doing that?

From the mirror, sink to bathroom floor everything got stained by his blood but he care less.

He turned on the shower and stood under it. He closed his eyes letting the water drench him. The water flowing by his feet was reddish because of his bleeding hand.

His eyes got opened again with a new madness in them. She needs to bleed too. The child have to die.

• He doesn't wish or hope. He decides.

Chapter published on: 15 August 2022

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