Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

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Chapter 395 Kill Him

When I regained consciousness, the images from just before I blacked out came rushing back.

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The heavy clouds, the pounding rain, and the black snake coiled around the tombstone, its green eyes locked onto me.

I sprang from the bed, pain shooting through my knees.

I couldn't help but gasp quietly.

Looking around, I realized I was in the same room as before, a sense of disappointment settling in.

Of course, Carter couldn't have found me so quickly.

The room had been tidied up, the unpleasant smell replaced with the fresh scent of clean sheets.

I had been kneeling in the cemetery for ten long hours. My knee had been treated-ointment slathered on it and wrapped in gauze.

It was night now. The room was dark, and the rain slammed against the windows in a constant, sharp crackle. The wind howled outside, and the waves roared against the shore.

It felt like some wild beast was trying to tear the world apart.

I sat on the bed, pulling my legs up to my chest. The feud between the Sanders and the Carlyns was no longer a mystery.

The Carlyns had suffered, but hadn't the Sanders, too?

My body had been torn apart. Ethan and Jake had died without ever knowing why, or who they had. wronged.

Whitney hadn't died, though. She lived, enduring endless suffering and torment.

The grudges between the two families were knotted together, tangled in a way that couldn't be undone..

I had thought I was free of the Sanders, but here I was pulled back into it.

It had been two days and a night. What was happening with Carter?

I eased myself off the bed, wincing as pain flared in my knee. The ointment had helped, but the moment I put weight on it, the pain flared up again.

1 limped over to the window, each step sending jolts of pain through my leg.

Outside, the ocean-stretched out, dark and ominous.

The sky was thick with clouds, and a flash of lightning cut through the air, illuminating the world for a split second.

crashed violently against the rocks, and the main fell in thick

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was like that storm-always just our of reach, but never letting me

unable to catch

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hunger. Following Yael for three days meant I had missed nine meals. My stomach pressed painfully

mistake of threatening him with starvation to get him to

my life too much. With my injured leg.

eat.

of wind barreled down the hall, causing my long skirt and

dimly lit, but outside, the world was covered in complete darkness. For now, it was just me and Yael. And with him gone, I couldn't shake the

any creatures on the island besides the

me up, which meant he didn't think I would

to contact anyone, nor was there a boat in sight to help me leave this

to the edge, the vipers

the storm howling outside, trying to escape would only lead

of my surroundings made me hesitate. It seemed wiser to find Yael

earlier. Though I couldn't see the lightning down here, the thunder rumbled

if something unseen was watching me, sending a shiver down

steps, reaching the stone chamber filled with

told me he would be

the corner, I found

me, sitting in a crouched position, bingers outstretched, a serene expression on

huddled beneath the store

sight stirred

was many years ago, on a night not unlike

just finishing a piano lesson, about to

saw a small boy huddled

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Where are your parents? Why are you out

at me, his face

live? I'll

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skirt. "Chloe, will you stay with me for just a little while? My brother will find me soon." I crouched down, holding the umbrella

""Don't worry, I'm here."

flashed through my mind. I realized I

he had suffered as a child, and nights like this, stormy and dark, were his greatest fear. When he saw me, it was as though he had