Page 153 of His Cursed Heart

"Vince is with him. I don't know how that little devil

snuck out of the house, but don't let him get out of the car." I demand and she curses, feeling as stressed as I am.

I turn slowly, putting my left foot on the green stain. I need to be careful because while I might no step on a grenade, a sudden move can trigger them.

"Don't die." Venus warns me when I'll almost halfway.

"If you would keep your mouth close, I wouldn't." I say back, still looking over the green stains.

I take one more step, feeling my whole body sweaty. When I don't see another stain, my first instinct is to panic, but then I see that I'm in front of the cabin's door.

I look back at Venus who gives me a thumbs up, but I see her hand trembling.

With my own shaky hand, I open the door, the creaking making me cringe. I enter the cabin and I'm welcomed by the kitchen. Everything seems old and dusty, but I can see the tea bags on the table. The ones that Keres was obsessed with.

I don't know if Ivan is in the house, so I take little steps and head over to the door that I think leads to the living room.

What I find in there is my undoing.

A sob breaks me apart as I fall on my knees and touch Keres's blonde hair.

"Il mio spirito," I whisper over and over again while caressing her hair.

She has a white patch on her forehead that hides the hole she has because of the bullet. Her face is so pale, and she looks like she weighs a pound. Keres's mouth is open because there's a breathing tube shoved in her throat.

She's dead, Althea.

And yet she is the most beautiful girl in the world.

I hear tiny beats in the room, and I raise my head in confusion. That's when I see the heart monitor next to her, and the tiny bumps on it.

"What has he done to you, my spirit?" I ask brokenly.

Keres's brain is dead. Medically, she's brain dead, but the bastard keeps her heart beating like she hasn't suffered enough.

I take her hand in mine, feeling the coldness of her skin. I want to be so grateful that I get to see her one more time, but not when she can't die in peace.

"I'm so sorry, mia sorella in questo universo. Please forgive me for all I've done, but I wanted to protect you from all the blame you would've put on yourself. If I knew back then that you would die, I would've spent every moment with you, even if it would've killed me to be near him." I sob harder. "Forgive me." I beg her and squeeze her hand.

The monitor keeps beeping and I look around to see what the bastard has done more.

I see that Keres lays on a medical table and a white, long sheet covers her body. There's a weird, metallic smell that has my stomach turn over.

Then I remember how we found out Keres's body was stolen by a possible lover. I look over at her stomach, putting my fingers on it, feeling it soft and empty.

My body begins to panic and I look at her in shock, like she'll tell me what happened.

Did Ivan save the baby?

Did she lost the baby when she was shot?

What the fuck happened? I almost scream.

My eyes move frantically in the room, freezing when I see a white sheet over a bump on the table.

Don't be what I think it is.

Please Dio, don't let it be what I think it is.

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