Chapter Sixty-Four
Derek…
I sat rigidly in the center of the living room, staring blankly at the floorboards while my entire family gathered around the space, watching my every movement with absolute caution. I was completely lost in a sea of dark, suffocating thoughts. Where on earth did she vanish to? Had she voluntarily gone back to that wretched territory? Had that absolute bastard Desmond somehow snuck across our borders and taken her by physical force?
Driven by a sudden, uncontrollable wave of pure frustration, I slammed my fist down onto the arm of the chair with immense force. The loud thud rattled the room, and my family members instinctively scrambled backward, fully believing that the dominant beast inside me was about to snap and completely lose control. For an incredibly
