Chapter 38: The Wise Words from an Older Man

*MARCUS’ POV*

Bonnie’s eyes widened, her lips parted while not a single sound came out. She struggled to pull herself away from his beastly hold on her.

‘Oh my God...What have I done?’ he asked himself ruefully. ‘What have I done?’

Marcus’ vision was beginning to clear and his sense of clarity was finally seeping back into his subconscious. His feelings of wrath had been extinguished the longer he held Bonnie in his hands.

But she, on the other hand, was far from okay.

He felt the weight of Bonnie shift in his hands as her knees finally gave out from beneath her. As much as he didn’t want to let her touch the blood soaked floor, she slipped straight through his hands. Her body slumped to the floor while her face never lost its shattered expression.

“Bonnie?” he tried calling out to her. “Bonnie, look at me.”