I Followed My Daughter Carrying Sandwiches Down the Hall—Then I Found Another Child Living Behind the Wall.
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Chapter 73 / 80
Chapter 73
he lunged at me before i could raise the shotgun, knocking the weapon from my hands. we crashed onto the floorboards, grappling in the dark. mark's hands wrapped around my throat, squeezing with a terrifying, desperate strength. "you ruined everything!" he spat, his eyes wild and bloodshot. "i was going to be a king! the valenti empire was going to be mine!" my vision blurred, black spots dancing at the edges of my sight as i clawed at his face. my fingers desperately searched the floor for anything i could use. my hand brushed against the jagged piece of shattered window glass i had knocked loose earlier. with the last ounce of strength i had, i gripped the shard tightly, slicing my own palm, and drove it deep into his shoulder.
