Chapter 10 - The Blood Stained Over The Cold Marble Floor
Inside the heavily fortified and completely isolated panic room,
the terrifying and highly stressful silence was completely absolute and incredibly suffocating.
I sat heavily and awkwardly on the small and highly uncomfortable medical cot,
my trembling hands wrapped tightly and protectively around my large stomach as I prayed desperately and silently for Adrian's safe survival.
Through the highly advanced and completely secure internal audio system,
I could faintly and barely hear the muffled and completely terrifying sounds of massive chaos erupting violently in the luxurious penthouse above.
The heavy and deeply rhythmic thumping of high-caliber automatic gunfire echoed completely and terrifyingly through the thick steel walls,
vibrating deeply and intensely into my highly sensitive and completely terrified bones.
I could hear the loud and highly destructive crashing of expensive and completely irreplaceable glass shattering violently into a million tiny pieces,
the heavy and highly violent thuds of large and heavily armored bodies hitting the pristine and beautiful marble floors.
It sounded completely and undeniably like a massive and incredibly violent warzone,
a highly brutal and completely unforgiving clash of highly dangerous and heavily armed titans fighting desperately for absolute supremacy.
I squeezed my eyes tightly shut,
tears streaming continuously and rapidly down my extremely pale and highly terrified face as I imagined Adrian fighting fiercely and violently for his life.
Every single highly muffled gunshot felt exactly and completely like a sharp and highly painful physical blow directly to my heavily pounding heart.
The massive and highly chaotic battle completely raged on for what felt like several incredibly long and highly agonizing hours,
the highly destructive and incredibly violent sounds constantly rising and falling in terrifying and highly unpredictable waves.
And then,
quite suddenly and highly shockingly,
the heavy and deeply terrifying gunfire completely and abruptly stopped.
The heavy and highly suffocating silence that instantly and quickly followed was somehow far more terrifying and deeply horrifying than the deafening and chaotic noise of the massive battle.
I held my breath completely and entirely,
my entire trembling and highly exhausted body completely frozen in a state of absolute and highly paralyzing terror.
Who had finally and completely won the massive and highly destructive fight?
Had the Cross family successfully and violently breached the highly secure penthouse and completely murdered the man I loved?
A heavy and highly violent pounding sound suddenly and loudly echoed against the thick steel door,
causing me to jump violently and highly fearfully off the small cot with a sharp and highly terrified gasp.
"Claire,"
Adrian's deep and highly exhausted voice called out loudly and firmly through the highly secure external intercom system.
"It is completely over,
my love,"
he announced with a highly ragged and deeply relieved breath,
"you can safely and completely open the incredibly heavy door now."
My trembling and highly unsteady fingers desperately and quickly punched the highly complex override code into the internal digital keypad,
and the massive steel door slowly and heavily swung open to reveal the completely destroyed and highly chaotic living room.
The entire massive and once-beautiful penthouse was completely and utterly unrecognizable,
the expensive and highly pristine walls heavily riddled with hundreds of massive and highly destructive bullet holes.
The beautiful floor-to-ceiling glass windows were completely and violently shattered,
letting the freezing and highly chilling Chicago wind blow harshly and wildly through the completely devastated room.
Adrian stood proudly and completely tall in the very center of the massive and highly bloody destruction,
his expensive clothes completely covered in thick gray dust and heavily splattered with dark red blood.
He had a highly visible and completely bloody shallow cut running directly and sharply across his strong and highly handsome cheek,
but his dark eyes were incredibly bright and completely shining with the absolute and highly terrifying thrill of a massive and ultimate victory.
He dropped his heavy and fully emptied weapon carelessly and completely onto the highly ruined and heavily bloodstained marble floor,
opening his strong and highly protective arms extremely wide for me.
I ran desperately and completely toward him,
throwing my heavy and heavily pregnant body completely and entirely into his strong and highly loving embrace.
He held me incredibly and completely tightly against his highly bruised and deeply battered chest,
burying his messy and completely dusty face deeply into my hair as we held each other fiercely and desperately.
"The Cross family is completely and entirely finished,"
Adrian whispered highly firmly and completely absolutely against my soft ear,
"and no one will ever,
ever try to violently touch you or our child ever again."
I looked up completely and deeply into his beautiful and highly fierce eyes,
May you like
knowing completely and absolutely that the legendary and terrifying Chicago Wolf had finally and completely secured our forever.
The massive and highly bloody war was completely and totally over,
Related Stories
