Page 94 of The Heart of a Villain

“Because she loves you. I could never hurt her like that.”

Before he can react to my words, Lavender flies out of the gates and screams, “He has Aileen, Rush!” as tears stream down her cheeks. “He got her and drove away!”

No!

The madman who ruined my life has the one thing that matters most to me?

Rage consumes me while rational thinking slowly slips away, and the only thought in my mind is of killing the bastard.

The emotions are so strong I don’t know how to deal with them, and I roar, and that’s when Lachlan grabs me by the shirt and hits me hard. “Think. Think, where did he take her?” He shakes me, finally snapping me out of my red haze, and I focus on him while seeing an emotion I thought he was incapable of.

Fear.

All the locations pop in my mind one after another of where he could have possibly taken her, and then a conversation from a long time ago comes up.

That’s when it becomes clear to me where he has her, and it only adds to the insanity sliding through my veins.

The waterfall.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“In order for the villain to win, he has to do three things.

Steal the princess.

Destroy the kingdom.

And dethrone the king.

Unless the king stops him or a brave knight shows up to save the day.

No matter the outcome, though…

One of them dies.

It’s inevitable.”

Aileen

Aileen

I still the cry of pain ready to emerge from my throat when Jade throws me on the ground, my head still pounding from his earlier blow to my head with a rock.

The blood drips from my forehead to my nose and lips, the bitter taste hitting my tongue while everything hurts.

After he forcefully pushed me inside his car, he hit me, knocking me unconscious, probably so I wouldn’t scream.

I woke up just minutes ago, my eyes widening in fear and confusion as he brought us to the waterfall, except from a different side, and right to the top.

Several more feet and I’d be among the slippery rocks, just inches away from the cliff, to fall down the waterfall and die.

“Everything was perfect. Just according to my plan. I waited and waited for Rush to finally make a move and snatch you from Lachlan. My patience should’ve been rewarded, but instead, you ruined everything!” He kicks me in the stomach, the air hitching in my throat while pain travels through my entire system. “You should have cried! He should have hurt you. And then Rush should have killed Lachlan!” Another kick pushes me to the water, my hands slapping against the rocks while it splashes around me. “Now, once again, I’ve lost to Joaquin and Lachlan!” He yells the last part, dragging his long sword over the ground while I blink in confusion.

Did he somehow merge his twin and his nephew in his head?

“Well, life doesn’t always go according to plan,” I manage to croak, which makes him put the tip of the sword dangerously close to my face, as if warning me.

Logically, I know I should prolong my time with him as much as I can, stalling him, and engage him in a conversation about sparing my life until some help arrives.

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