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 sheets, like a

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

was trapped, unable to catch

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

wasn't about to make the mistake of threatening him with starvation to get him to

leg. I

eat.

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

was covered in complete darkness. For now, it was just me and Yael. And with him gone, I

there were any creatures on

up, which meant he didn't think I would try to

no way to contact anyone, nor was there a boat in sight to help me leave this

make it to the edge, the vipers made it feel like

outside, trying to escape would

of my surroundings made me hesitate. It seemed wiser

I

as if something unseen was watching me,

reaching the

instincts told me he

the corner, I found him curled

statue was of me, sitting in a crouched position, bingers outstretched, a serene expression on my face,

was, his large body huddled beneath the store

stirred a

was many years ago, on a night not unlike this

just finishing a piano lesson, about to

saw a small boy huddled under tree, trembling from

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little guy? Where are your parents?

me, his

you live? I'll take

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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 back, the other rested on his

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

through my mind. I realized I

this, stormy and dark, were his greatest fear. When