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she wrapped her arms around me tightly taking me by surprise.

"I'm sorry " she whispered sobbing into my chest.

My heart constricted tightly in my throat.

"You'll be fine .i promise " I murmured unable to stop myself from pressing a kiss to her temple.

From the peripheral of my vision I saw a bleeding Matteo struggling on the ground , reaching to grab the gun a few distance away from him , a sadistic look spreading across his face as he aimed at Gracie

"watch out!" I yelled.

Everything happened so fast, I shoved Gracie out of the way but I wasn't fast enough.

It was too late.

A shot rang out.

Chapter THIRTY NINE

Gracie

Everything replayed slowly in my head, it was as if i was watching it all from a distance .

Matteo aiming at me, Hayden shoving me out of the way.

Then the shot rang out.

The bullet had caught him in his chest, I'm no doctor but I knew it wasn't good.

A scream escaped my mouth as he fell to the ground with a loud thud..

I stared at his bleeding shirt to his pained expression, I couldn't do or say anything , the shock was beginning to slowly seep it's way to my brain.

I began to zone out on the world, I could hear screams....yellings...see movements but everything just seemed as though from a far distance away...

From the corner of my eyes I saw Sebastian aiming at Matteo, giving him five quick successfully shots..

It was a bloody mess.

My body was beginning to shut down on me until his raspy voice pulled me back to reality .

"You are all right" He murmured softly reaching out a shaky finger to stroke my face but stopped midway, a gasp of pain escaping his mouth.

A sob escaped my mouth as I gripped his fingers tightly

"You shouldn't have done that!you shouldn't have saved me...Why!" my voice sounded strained as a strangled tears escaped my eyes.

His gaze gleamed with some emotion so intense , it was about to consume me whole.

"Are you crying for me?without you I won't be able to live anyway "

A choked sob escaped my mouth as I shook my head at him frantically .

Why was he so obsessed with me?

This was a burning remainder that only he could ever want me.

Even though stuck in his dark obsession he's still the only one that cares about me.