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

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as though fate was like that storm-always just our of reach, but never letting

trapped, unable to

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stomach churned with hunger. Following Yael for three days meant I had missed nine meals.

threatening him with

valued my life too much. With my injured leg. I hobbled toward

eat.

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

For now, it was just me and Yael. And with

if there were any creatures on the island besides

hadn't chained me up, which meant he didn't

a boat

if I could make it to the edge, the vipers made it feel like a death

storm howling outside, trying to escape would only

the unfamiliarity of my surroundings made me hesitate.

he had shown me earlier. Though I couldn't see the lightning

unseen was watching me,

the

told me

I found him curled up beneath a

bingers outstretched, a serene expression on my face, as if

body huddled beneath the store looking like I had been the one

stirred a

was many years ago, on a night not unlike

was 14, just finishing a

stepped outside, I saw a small

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alright, little guy? Where are your parents?

looked up at me, his face

live? I'll take you

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Please don't take me back. My mom will kill 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,

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

past flashed through my mind. I realized I had crossed paths with him long

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

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