Author’s POV
“Vlad how can you kill an innocent child…”
Grace yelled at him.
“Stop them!”
He pushed her inside.
“They are not innocent… And don’t worry no one will be there to mourn her, her family is also going to die…”
“What?”
Grace looked at him horrified.
Her eyes snapped towards the road when she heard cars and bikes roaring.
The first car belonged to Dom and he himself was driving.
Vlad closed his eyes frustrated and banged on the seat.
“How did they survive?”
“What did you do, Vlad?”
She asked, looking at the line of cars but the helicopter had already left the ground.
Vlad called his second hand.
“Fuck!”
Vlad cursed and disconnected the call after hearing his answer.
“Rose!”
Grace looked down and saw Dominick’s car following the direction of the helicopter.
She couldn’t see the mansion in flames so it gave her relief.
“He won’t stop, Blow his car.”
Vlad ordered.
“If not all then at least one!”
Grace’s heart skipped the beat when he said that.
“Vlad don’t”
She looked at him.
“He kidnapped you, harassed you!… Don’t expect any mercy from me”
He replied angrily.
Grace looked at the running car which soon got the blow and flew away from the road.
“Dom!”
She screamed but Vlad held her back.
Soon her screams died down and so her consciousness.
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“Welcome back… How are you feeling now?”
Veronica smiled at her and placed the papers down.
Grace looked at her white coat and frowned.
“Grace!”
Vera gently touched her hand.
“I am so glad you are back… You are in shock, Try to relax… It will help you…”
Grace’s eyes widened when she saw syringe in her hand.
“No!”
“Grace?”
Vera frowned.
“Stay away from me…”
Grace scooted back in fear…”
“What’s happening here?”
Vlad stormed inside.
“I don’t know may be she is in shock…”
Vera placed the syringe down.
Grace grabbed her throbbing head and groaned. She has no idea how long she was passed out.
She looked at both of them with hesitation.
“Princess you are safe now…”
Vlad tried to calm her down.
“What did they do to her?”
He gritted.
“Dr. Veronica we have got the reports…”
Nurse handed her the envelope.
“Is she fine?”
Vlad looked at vera as she opened the envelope and examined her reports.
Veronica gulped and looked at Grace, Grace locked her eyes with her and they understood what they were thinking about.
Grace shook her head at Veronica.
“I asked you something!”
Veronica looked at Vlad and nodded.
“She is fine, as i said just in shock…”
Veronica placed the report away.
“I need to calm her down… Please leave us alone…”
Vlad sighed and walked out.
Vera sat beside Grace and wiped her tears.
“What is this Grace?.. you know how complicated things are… Or did he raped___”
“No!”
Grace stopped her from completing the words.
“He didn’t!”
She brought her knees to her chin and closed her eyes.
“Are you in love with him?”
Vera asked.
“Vlad killed him…”
Grace tried to control her tears but she couldn’t.
“Yesterday I was with him… He told me how much he loves me and today__”
“Grace do you know that you were in coma for almost a month?”
Vera disclosed and Grace looked at her with shock.
“Only i know how i have kept your baby alive… It wasn’t easy to hide from Vlad… Thankfully he hasn’t found out yet… But what will you do when your belly starts showing…”
“One month?”
Grace mumbled.
“I sorry this happened to you…”
Vera patted her head.
“But are you sure you want this baby… He kidnapped you, he used you against your own brother… God knows! He might have killed you after everything… You are so brave to survive, i know your brother is the only person you trust…”
Grace shook her head and got up from the bed, she found it difficult to stand but Refused Vera’s help.
“I want this baby… End of the topic…”
She walked towards the open window.
“You know Vlad!”
Vera looked at her with concern.
“I am not afraid of him… If he wants to kill my child then he have to kill me too, he has killed it’s father anyway…”
Her tears slipped.
Vera sighed.
“Vlad won’t kill you… He loves you, he is your brother…”
“I saw him killing an innocent child… He can do it again…”
Grace remembered what he did to Bella.
“What?”
Vera looked at her in shock.
“Why are you shocked?”
Grace chuckled mockingly and wiped her tears.
“Isn’t he the same man who purchased you from your own husband…”
Vera looked down embarrassed.
“He locked you up in his room…”
Grace looked at her.
“He is abusing you and you didn’t tell me… Are you trying to play a good wife…”
“Vlad never raised his hand on me…”
Vera said and got up.
“But he did purchased you!”
Grace said and Vera couldn’t deny it.
“I think you have bigger things to take care of… Let’s not talk about my fucked up life…”
Vera smiled bitterly.
“I am not trying to take a look in your fucked up life… I want to know that the man i called my brother is what kind of man…”
Grace replied.
“I trusted him but now i am not so sure about it…”
“Even if you don’t trust him, what we can possibly do…”
Vera sighed and walked out of the room.
Vera slammed the door shut of her bedroom and closed her eyes.
“You are doing it wrong, Mr. Volkov…”
She looked at her husband who was sitting on the couch, busy in his laptop…”
“And what did i tell you to call me…”
He didn’t look up from his laptop.
“What are you doing to Grace?”
She mumbled defeated.
“Trying to save her…”
He replied.
“Like this?”
Vera shook her head.
“Like this!”
He replied.
“People can be fake and no one knows it better than you… Don’t you, Doc…”
“She is not well… Go easy on her when she comes to you…”
Vera removed her coat and placed her phone on the counter.
She flinched when she felt his hands around her waist. She tried to walk out of his hold but he locked her hands behind her back.
“You know it’s not possible to run away from me… I thought you have realized it by now… Should we work on it again?… Huh?…”
Veronica gulped and stopped moving. She closed her eyes when he removed her hair aside, grabbed in fist and tilted her head back, exposing her neck.
Vera closed her eyes and let him have his way with her, not able to stop him.
On other hand, Grace got access to her phone.
Her hands started shaking while dialing the number. She don’t know if she is dialing the right number but she wanted to be hopeful.
“H_Hello?”
She shuttered.
“D_Dad…”