BEAUTY IN THE BEAST

The Ending Shot

Ch 138: The Ending shot

Kat

The darkness was thick, suffocating, and it clung to me like a shroud. I floated somewhere in between consciousness and oblivion, unable to grasp onto anything real. My body felt heavy, like I was submerged underwater, struggling to surface, but something kept pulling me back down.

Faint sounds began to filter through the void—distant, muffled noises that I couldn't quite place. My head throbbed with a dull, relentless ache, and my mind was a tangled mess of confusion and fear. I didn't know where I was, didn't know what was happening, but a sense of dread settled deep in my bones.

Slowly, painfully, I began to claw my way back to consciousness. The fog in my mind started to thin, and the world around me came into sharper focus, though everything still felt blurred, disjointed. My eyelids fluttered open, heavy and resistant, and the dim light stung my eyes, making me wince.

I blinked, trying to clear my vision, trying to make sense of what I was seeing. The room was cold, dark, the air thick with tension. My gaze moved sluggishly, trying to take in my surroundings, but it was like everything was moving in slow motion.

And then I saw him.

Andrei.

He was standing not far from me, his figure sharp and menacing in the dim light. He was locked in a brutal struggle with someone, and it took my foggy mind a moment to register who it was.

Ace.

My heart lurched painfully in my chest. The sight of him sent a jolt of panic and relief through me all at once, but my thoughts were still too muddled to process it fully. Ace's movements were quick, desperate, as he fought with Andrei, both of them locked in a deadly dance. I could see the strain in Ace's face, the pain etched into every line. His shoulder was bleeding, a dark stain spreading across his shirt, and I wanted to cry out to him, to warn him, to do something—but I couldn't move, couldn't speak. My body felt like it was made of lead.My gaze shifted back to Andrei, and in that moment, his eyes met mine. The world seemed to stop. His lips curled into a sickening smile, one that sent a wave of pure terror crashing over me. It was a smile that promised nothing but pain and death.

He broke away from Ace, his movements almost lazy, as though he had all the time in the world. The fight wasn't over, but he didn't care—he had seen something more important. More satisfying.

Me.

He raised his gun, his smile widening, and in that split second, I knew. This was it. The end. I was going to die.

A cold, paralyzing fear gripped me, squeezing the breath from my lungs. I wanted to scream, to beg for my life, but the words wouldn't come. My heart pounded in my chest, each beat more frantic than the last, and all I could think about was Ace. My Ace. I couldn't die. Not like this. Not without telling him.

With what little strength I had left, I forced my gaze to shift to Ace, my vision blurring at the edges. He was still fighting, still trying to reach me, but I knew it was too late. I knew he wouldn't make it in time.

The words formed on my lips, barely a whisper, more of a breath than a sound. "Ace... I'm pregnant..."

The words slipped out just as the bang of Andrei's gunshot echoed through the air, a deafening roar that seemed to reverberate through my entire body. I felt the shock of it, the force pushing me back, and my vision wavered, dark spots dancing in front of my eyes.

Another shot rang out, the sound sharp and piercing, and I knew that this was the end. The baby... our baby... would never see the world, would never feel the warmth of sunlight, would never know love. A sorrow so deep it felt like it would drown me filled my heart.

As the darkness rushed back in, swallowing me whole, the last thing I heard was a final gunshot, the sound reverberating through the void, before everything went black.

Is this the end? Also the novel will be completed on September 12th, I'll be posting the last chapter on my birthday, thank you soo soo much to everyone who has supported me so far, I love you guys with everything in me.

-love rky xoxo.