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.

but he could still see the traces of what

mother.

He couldn't accept it. Did

carried-had all been for

caught on that something was seriously wrong. He rushed to Chloe,

a gun and fired

die! Why did you have to tell

have

out of nowhere, but Grant was faster. He threw himself in front of Chloe, taking the bullet

again, Grant collapsed to the ground. Blood spilled from his mouth, but he still shouted,

would shoot his own son. But there was

bleeding on

the dried-up corpse. He lay down beside his mother, curling up and hugging her remains like a

Why? Why?" Over and

moment, everything he'd ever believed in shattered. Even the heaps

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