Zane went to sleep immediately after hearing what Elena had to say about him, while the girl herself cried in her bed for several hours. Neither of them were able to sleep for long, drifting in and out of consciousness as the hours passed, dreaded by what had happened earlier in the day.
And after midnight had struck, Elena could no longer take it. Living under the same roof as the man who had killed her family. Something had to be done about this. How could she tolerate such a thing?
Because of this, she got up from her bed, while dressed in a pair of pajamas that she had taken from her wardrobe earlier in the night. She reached into her gun belt's waistband, which lie scattered on her floor, and pulled out her combat knife.
