Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

09:18 Thu, Dec 19 G. Chapter 395 Kill Him

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.

and the main fell in thick sheets,

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as though fate was like that storm-always just our of reach, but

unable to catch my

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three days meant I had

mistake of threatening him with starvation

leg. I hobbled toward

eat.

of wind barreled down the

darkness. For now, it was just me and Yael. And with him gone, I couldn't shake the feeling

creatures on the island

up, which meant he didn't think

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

it to the edge, the vipers made it

outside, trying to

but the unfamiliarity of my surroundings

I couldn't see the lightning down here, the thunder

something unseen was watching me, sending a

reaching the stone chamber filled

instincts told me

found him

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

the store looking like I had been

sight stirred a

on

just finishing a piano lesson, about to

a small boy huddled under tree, trembling from

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you alright, little guy? Where are your parents? Why are you out

looked up at me, his face

you live? I'll take

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me," he said, shaking his head wildly. He reached out and grabbed my skirt. "Chloe, will you stay with me for just a little while? My brother will find me soon." I crouched down, holding the umbrella over his head. One hand gently patted his

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

through my mind. I realized I had crossed paths

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