Chapter 1091

"If you keep talking like that, I'll kill you."

Killian couldn't wrap his head around anything Chloe was saying. He just couldn't. And he definitely couldn't accept that his whole family had abandoned him.

He'd only been five years old.

His mother had loved him. She would never have left him behind. That belief had been the only thing keeping him going all these years.

But then his face changed. Because in the middle of all those dried-up corpses, he spotted a body.

On its wrist was a braided jade bracelet-his mother's favorite. The craftsmanship was so unique, there hadn't been another like it in all of Eldridge City.

It was hers.

Killian stepped closer, his heart pounding. He'd only been a little kid, but those memories were carved into his mind like scars. His mother's dress-a deep navy blue, with golden and silver threads woven into intricate cloud patterns. At the collar, a ruby button so red it caught the eye, even now.

could still see the

mother.

shaking all over. He couldn't accept it.

believed-every burden he'd carried-had all been

caught on that something was seriously wrong. He rushed to Chloe, pushed her toward the exit. "Go!

Killian pulled out a gun and fired straight at

Why did you have to tell me all

rather have never known the

He threw himself in front of

gun fired again and again, Grant collapsed to the ground. Blood spilled from

stunned. She never thought Killian would shoot his own son. But there was no time to think. She grit her teeth, turned,

paused when he saw Grant bleeding on the floor,

to the dried-up corpse. He lay down beside his mother, curling up

you leave me? Why? Why?"

everything he'd ever believed

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