"Never again, Lexx."
Stefan's pupils dilated, stunned at my call. I had thrown away my previous desire to settle a score with him after abandoning me. The reason was that Sam was far more important than vengeance.
For my beloved husband, I was willing to forget the past and live in the present, where we would create our future together. But they took away that future by ruining the present in a blink of an eye.
It was supposed to be painful, but strangely, all I felt was numbness. I just… couldn't absorb or accept the spirit of grief right now.
All I'm trying to do was protect the people who stood by my husband's side until now. Sam would be disheartened if this madman would take away these children my husband had protected.
"You've… regain your memories?" he asked after a long silence, eyes squinted into slits.