Shay
I woke up in a stranger's house, not knowing where I was or how I got there. All I felt was heartbreak, pain and anger. My best friend shot me, I had everything in one minute and he took it from me. Evie, my girl and my child were also taken from me.I lay in bed closing my eyes to prevent my tears from falling. "I almost had everything." I whispered as I turned to look out the window. "I had everything, now I've got nothing." I sat up, holding my ribs. "Christ." I would know Evie would be here, patching me up.
I put my head in my hands when I heard footsteps. I looked over in the direction and saw an older couple come in. They came in from the other room, with cloth and water. "Oh, you're awake!" I smiled at them, as it was all I could muster.
"I need to get back." I tried to get up, but I fell into the gentleman's arms as I stood up.
"If you walk out that door, you'll be killed." I tried again, but the man stopped me from going anywhere.
"I have to go back for her, I have to get her back." They didn't listen they only put me back in bed. I couldn't stay here, she needs to know that I'm alive.
"She wouldn't want you coming back like this!" The lady spoke, and I groaned in defeat.
"What's her name?" The lady asked as the man held me down. "Who is she?" She continued, and I turned to face her.
"Evie, her name is Evie." I paused as I winced at the cold water on my bruised back. "She's the one thing that makes this life worth it! She's my world, and." I looked down.
"Son?" She asked. "What's the matter?"
"She's carrying my child!" I cried out, I never thought this would happen to me and now that it has I can't share it or be with them. "I had everything for one moment, then without a second passing I lost it." I admitted as she laid a wet piece of cloth on my scars. "I will never know my child and I never got to marry the one woman who loved me, who truly loved me." I let a tear fall down my cheek, the man noticed and wiped it away for me. "I wanted to die to protect the world but I never thought that my world would die without me." I let another tear fall down my cheeks.
"Son." The gentleman whispered I was hurting terribly. "I'm sorry."
"Were you in love? Did you love one another?" The lady asked, I nodded.
"Yes, very much." I spoke looking between her and her husband.
Evie
"Liam, no! I'm not." I begged, I just lost Shay, I can't even mourn and I'm now forced into a marriage. "I just lost the one man who loved me. You expect me to marry someone else, and completely forget about Shay?" I paused leaning against the table in the kitchen. Everyone surrounded Liam and I. "I will not betray him by marrying another man." I continued to voice my opinion on this marriage matter. "I told I'd never be with another man, I loved him Liam."
I placed my hand on my stomach. I allowed a few tears to fall, I can't believe this is happening. I felt horrible in one moment, everything was perfect and in the blink of an eye, I lost it all. "You will marry Louis! I won't have my sister, carrying a bastard child." He warned, raising his voice.
"My son is not a bastard! Shay and I made him, he was made out of love." I paused. "You heard him, he loved me before you SHOT him off a cliff." Liam groaned.
"Louis will give you more!" I shook my head in no, I wasn't going to be happy with another man. "This isn't a discussion."
"WHY DOES MY LIFE NOT GET DISCUSSED?? WHY DO MEN HAVE TO BE THE ONE THAT DECIDE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR ME?" I shout looking at my brother with disgust. "THE ONLY MAN I WANT IS DEAD! THE ONLY FUCKING MAN THAT I'LL EVER MARRY IS DEAD." I paused. "YOU MADE SURE HE WOULDN'T BE MY HUSBAND." I walked around the table towards him, only for Chevilar to stand in front of me.
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Religiously [S.P.C]
Historical Fiction1752 is the sequel to 1715. In the depths of a world torn between duty and desire, emerges a tale of betrayal and redemption. Meet Shay Patrick Cormac, once an unwavering believer in a creed meant to serve humanity, now a solitary figure driven by v...