Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

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Chapter 396 Easily Deceived.

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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it was

"Really?"

made your offering to my family. We

not making me into a

my nose a gentle tap. "I can do it anywhere. Sculpting stone

the start, he had been toying with

"Where are we going?"

you have to promise me something. You have to stay by my side. If you

against my cheek. "Chloe,

your life. But if she finds out you're still alive, she will kill you. Even I won't be able to

letting me go back.

couldn't meet Carter face to face,

""I understand."

I think I'm starting to like

realized Yael wasn't looking at me the way Taylor had looked at Whitney. There was no romantic interest. It was more like a child clinging

stayed with him to

desire-it was a mix of

me weren't about possession like

to marry a man like

must be in

go

leave when the wind and rain

"Okay."

you have anything to

"Yeah, I'll make something

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

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hit and you sat under a tree, not moving. Now look at

you,

to him. Maybe he'd be

"You remember that?"

it. But what about your mom?

slicing vegetables stopped for a moment. "She... wasn't a

can you explain why Amber wanted to kill me? She's not

bitter laugh. "Maybe she's

Every time he mentioned her, it was always with that distant that person' tone. It

could do was hope that when we returned, more of

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

I didn't realize you

I glared at him.

Try kneeling on an empty stomach for a whole day and see