The thought that she was really gone, never to return to his world again made Samuel feel his heart shatter into pieces, as if his entire body was being torn apart. The agony was unbearable.

He threw his head back, screaming in near breakdown, "Eli... Eliana, come back! Come back!"

He was wrong, he knew it. He should never have married Chloe. He should never have hurt his Eli again and again. Now he truly realized his mistakes.

Samuel, utterly ...