Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

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Chapter 396 Easily Deceived.

I raised my hand and brought the knife down with all my strength.

At the same time, he moved. But instead of hitting him the blade struck a moth.

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The sharp edge sliced through the insect's wings, and the rest of its body fluttered, struggling helplessly.

It felt like a reflection of my own fate-fighting against what I couldn't change.

I glanced up at him. "Sorry, I thought it was a cockroach. You really startled me."

For a moment, a flash of something cold crossed his face, but it was gone almost immediately. I could feel the chill of fear still gripping me.

He had been testing me, hadn't he?

If I'd gone through with it, if I'd tried to strike him, he would've overpowered me in an instant. It would've completely contradicted everything I had told him about staying. What would've happened if he'd called me out on my lie?

Would I end up like Whitney, locked up and forgotten?

I managed to keep my composure in that moment. If I tried to kill him, I had no chance of winning. Not without the proper training.

Even the angle of the knife wouldn't have been enough to do any real harm.

The risks were too high. I had to change my approach.

That had been a close call.

"You're scared of cockroaches?" he asked, taking the knife from my hand and twirling it casually between. his fingers. The sound of the blade scraping against his skin made my heart skip.

"Who isn't? Snakes, cockroaches, and slugs," I replied, forcing a smile as I tried to ignore the unease creeping up my spine.

He tucked the knife away and patted my head lightly. Sorry about that. Didn't mean to scare you.

"Scare me? I keep having dreams of snakes chasing me I said, trying to act frustrated, though I wasn't sure it was convincing. Then, without warning, he pulled me into his arms. I froze, unsure of what was happening. Was this another test?

But then he said, "How about I take you away from here

Tblinked, caught off guard by his words. Was he serious

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was another

"Really?"

your offering to my family. We can

blinked. "You're not making me

can do it anywhere. Sculpting stone isn't something

he had been toying with

"Where are we going?"

island, but since you're so scared, I thought better of it. But you have to promise me something. You

lightly against my

she will kill you. Even I won't be able to stop her then. You're smart-you know

believe he was actually letting me go

Carter face to face, just catching a glimpse of him

""I understand."

girl, Chloe. I think I'm starting to

wasn't looking at me the way Taylor had looked at Whitney. There was no romantic interest. It

stayed with him

love or desire-it was a mix of gratitude, appreciation, and some other tangled

for me weren't about possession like Taylor's were

to marry

be

go

leave when the

"Okay."

at him seriously. "Do you have

"Yeah, I'll make something

an apron and headed to the kitchen. I said,

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moving. Now look at you. You've grown up

you,

get closer to him. Maybe he'd be the key to helping

"You remember that?"

just thought of it. But what about your mom? You

moment. "She... wasn't a

Amber wanted to kill me? She's not even part of

gave a dry, bitter laugh. "Maybe she's just messed

off. Every time he mentioned her, it was always with that distant that person' tone. It was clear they were on the same side, but

that when we returned, more of the answers would

days. I was finally given a

didn't realize

I glared at him.

empty stomach for a whole day and see how