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.

waves crashed violently against the rocks, and the main fell in thick sheets, like a

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

was trapped, unable to catch my

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churned with hunger. Following Yael for three days meant I

make the mistake of threatening him with starvation

injured leg. I hobbled toward the door, hoping

eat.

I opened it, a gust of wind barreled down the hall, causing my long skirt and dark

dimly lit, but outside, the world was covered in complete darkness. For now, it was just me and Yael. And

any creatures on

he didn't think I

a boat in

it to the edge, the vipers

howling outside, trying to escape

food, but the unfamiliarity of my surroundings made me hesitate. It seemed wiser to find Yael

shown me earlier. Though I couldn't see the

was watching me, sending a shiver down my

hurried my steps, reaching the stone chamber filled with

instincts told me

in the corner, I found him curled up beneath

position, bingers outstretched, a

beneath the store looking like I

sight stirred a

was many years ago, on a night not unlike

just finishing a piano lesson, about to head

a small boy huddled

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guy? Where are your parents?

me,

do you live? I'll

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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, holding the umbrella over his head.

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

the past flashed through my mind. I realized I had crossed paths

as a child, and nights like this, stormy and dark, were his greatest fear. When he saw me,