“Zara, you’ve gone mad!” Henry bellowed, “Put down the gun right now!”

“I knew it.” Zara gave Henry a painful look. “At the crucial moment, you would still choose to side with your grandson.”

“He’s right. I shouldn’t have helped you,” Henry fumed with a trembling voice. “Put down the gun and follow Zachary to the police station.”

“No, I won’t!” Zara screamed. “I refuse to go to prison. How can I, the pride of the family, end up there? Didn’t you promise to save me by sending me away? Why did you change your mind just because of a few words from him? I’m a Nacht too. In fact, I’m your daughter! How can you bear to do this?”

Just as Zara unleashed her tirade, tears streaked down the sides of her face. She realized that her last sliver of hope was slipping away.

She didn’t understand how her father could be so cruel to her.

 

She too was a Nacht. In fact, she was even closer to him by blood than Zachary was.

Why is he doing this to me?

 

“Do you hear me?” Leaning on the car door, Henry exclaimed, “The Lindbergs are almost here. There’s no escape for you. Your only choice is to turn yourself in at the police station with Zachary. That’s your last chance of survival!”

up all his might to accentuate the last sentence. He was so desperate that he almost fell out of the car. Fortunately, Bruce

must have told her?” Zara refused to trust him. “He might tell you that he’s taking me

“You…”

of patience and pointed his gun at Zara. “On the count of three, if you don’t let Mr. Spencer

“You b*stards, all of you were raised by this old man. Do you want to see him die? God will

words struck a nerve. Ben, Bruce, and

adopted from the orphanage by Spencer who single-handedly raised them. Now that his life was on the line, none of them could bear to take

this madness! Release Spencer at

could do was lean by the

of you, back off!” Zara

or I’ll

decisiveness, he knew whoever backed down

Zara aimed at Spencer’s leg and

“Argh!”

agony before falling toward the

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