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.

of it was ruined, but he could still

was his mother. It was

He couldn't accept it. Did this

believed-every burden he'd carried-had all

wrong. He rushed to Chloe,

pulled out a gun

die! Why did you have to tell me

rather have never known

came out of nowhere, but Grant was faster. He threw himself in front

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

But there was no time to think. She grit her teeth, turned,

on the floor,

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

you leave me? Why? Why?" Over and

believed in shattered. Even

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