Ellie's POV
Gwen eyed me carefully, begging me silently to reconsider what was happening.
"Let Edward go." I told the three men. John kept his shotg*n c****d on Edward as he got up, looking around in fear.
"I'm not here to hurt anyone. I'm here to help." Edward said quietly. He looked much more lighter and happier than I had last seen him.
"Yeah, I had your help last time!" I challenged him as John stared at Edward and Gwen in disbelief.
"I lied, Ellie. I wanted to try to kidnap you. To make a long story short I was hooked on gambling and owed a demon bookie a lot of money. To pay him back, I conspired with your mother and Marshall Sherman. I didn't know until after I got caught and banished that Audra was only doing all this to keep you and John apart. After I looked into her furt
