Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 392 Shedding Her Skin

Chapter 392 Shedding Her Skin

""Yael, no!"

I snapped my eyes open, calling out his name before I could even think.

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The pain I had felt before losing consciousness surged back, overwhelming me, as if a wave had crashed.

over me.

I shot upright, scanning the room. To my surprise, I was lying in a bed, my clothes changed.

After the brutal night with Carter, every inch of my body had ached.

But now, there was no pain. In fact, I felt lighter, as if a burden had been lifted.

Remembering what Yael had said about cleaning me up, I lifted my shirt. I couldn't believe my eyes. marks Carter had left were completely gone.

Not just that-my skin had taken on an eerie, unnatural pallor.

Zoey's skin had always been pale, but now it was almost ghostly, a stark, cold white.

The marks were gone, and even some moles and body hair had disappeared.

It looked cleaner than anything you'd get at a fancy spa

Now, my skin wasn't just white-it was smooth and glowing, like a newborn's: soft and perfect.

What kind of concoction could have such an effect?

The lack of any strange sensations told me he hadn't taken advantage of me, at least not physically.

But the fact that my clothes had been changed still troubled me.

The

I took in my surroundings. The room was plain, but something felt off. It seemed like no one had been here for a long time. Even the sheets smelled faintly of mildew.

Outside, I could hear the waves crashing against the rocks. Moving to the window, I hoped to find some way to escape.

But as I peered out, my heart nearly stopped. There were dozens of snakes crawling along the rocks below.

Vipers, all tangled together, their slithering making my skin crawl and my stomach twist.

"Ugh!".

I clamped a hand over my mouth, stepping back, grateful I hadn't opened the window. If I had, one or two of those snakes might've slithered in. I might not have died from a bite, but I would've been terrified out of my mind. Får off in the distance, I saw the first light of dawn creeping over the horizon. The sunrise looked beautiful.

But after seeing those snakes, I couldn't care less about the view.

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the island. At first, I thought it was mosquito repellent, but now I realized it was probably to keep the This

chain me, knowing full well

though equipped with modern plumbing, was devoid of any means of

television, no tablet,

stepped outside. At once, I spotted someone sitting on a

seemed to sense my presence, turning

in a white shirt and beige

and a smile tugged at the corners of his lips as he

such an idyllic scene.

image with

nothing, watching

me, the sunlight catching his face

"You look marvelous, Chloe."

brows. The early morning sunlight cist everything in a

few times before-she always

in that drug? My voice came out hoarse,

only

how

They shed it periodically.

in my chest. My skin,

was now standing right beside

in the light, his figure outlined

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skin you shed last night, sister," he

"Ugh."

made my stomach turn more than the sight

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could human skin shed? I imagined it like the usual skincare routine,

the skin intact, preserving it

made

cheek. "You look even

smiled, but all I could feel was a cold shiver down my

never predict his

be careful. I didn't want to anger him. He noticed my

would. He

you behave and don't

well"

the rocks. I instinctively took a step

many vipers here,"

handed me a spray bottle. Just spray this on yourself every day, and the snakes,