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

"Really?"

your offering to my family. We can

"You're not making me

nose a gentle tap. "I can do it anywhere. Sculpting stone isn't something you finish in a

from the start, he had

"Where are we going?"

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

lightly against my

kill you. Even I won't be able

actually letting me go

meet Carter face to face, just catching a glimpse of him would

""I understand."

Chloe. I think I'm

Taylor had looked at Whitney. There was no romantic interest. It

remembered me only because I had stayed with him to wait out

mix of gratitude, appreciation, and some other tangled

weren't about possession like Taylor's

about to marry a man

be

we go back?"

rough tonight. We'll leave when the

"Okay."

at him seriously. "Do you have anything to eat I'm

"Yeah, I'll make something

tied on an apron and headed to the kitchen. I said, remember the first time we met, you

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hit and you sat under a tree, not moving. Now look at you. You've grown

you,

him. Maybe he'd be the key to

"You remember that?"

what about your

slicing vegetables stopped for a moment. "She... wasn't a good mother. Let's not get

She's not even part of the Carlyns.

gave a dry, bitter laugh. "Maybe

that distant that person' tone. It was clear

when we returned, more of

after being gone for three days. I was finally given a hot meal. The warmth almost made me

I'm sorry. I didn't

I glared at him.

an empty stomach for