Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 414 Come Back to Me

When had he gotten here? It was too late to hide now.

I stood up casually, holding the Stone of Duality in my hand. "What's this?" I mouthed.

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When confronted, the best defense isn't to explain yourself but to seize the initiative and throw the question back.

As expected, Carter's eyes flickered with a trace of pani when he met my questioning gaze.

Using the chance, I pulled out the piece hanging around my neck and fitted it together with the one in my hand. In black and white, the positive and negative teardrop-shaped pieces formed a perfect circle.

I grabbed his hand and demanded an explanation.

I wondered if he would tell me the truth.

After all, in his mind, we had already swapped fates successfully.

The eighty-one days of the ritual weren't up until midnight tonight, so he hadn't had time to deal with this stone before I confronted him.

My gaze grew more suspicious by the second, and finally, he sighed in resignation. "Chloe, I lied to you."

Was he going to admit it now?

"The Soul-Stabilizing Pendant I gave you wasn't just one piece," he said.

Feigning confusion, I looked at him, and he continued, "The pendant has two parts."

The moment he mentioned the Soul-Stabilizing Pendant, I knew he wasn't being honest. He had no intention of telling me the full truth.

"At the time, I didn't want you to worry, so I didn't tell you. Besides needing Zoey's parents' blood, my own blood was also required. I've been hiding this piece of the stone to keep you from finding out. But don't worry-its purpose was only for the ritual, which lasts for eighty-one days. Now that your soul is stabilized, you don't need to wear it anymore."

Liar!

Carter, since when were you so skilled at lying?

If I hadn't uncovered your secret, were you planning to keep it from me until the day you died?

He had shifted all my misfortunes onto himself in the shadows.

Even if fate changed and his death seemed like an accident, no one would ever suspect it was due to these

two stones.

He intended to keep me in the dark forever, so I could live on without burden.

move on from the pain

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married, and have

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my family surrounding me and live along, carefree life until the end of my days. Meanwhile, his mission would be complete, leaving

arms, my sorrow was misinterpreted

It's just a few drops

everything he had silently done for me while still trying to comfort me, my chest

an unbearable ache, as though tiny silver

his shirt tightly, I let my tears soak

cry. I'm your

broke the moment. He smiled at me. "That must be the doctor. If they see you like this, they'll think I bullied you." Sniffling, I used my

was, he always treated me with

could I forget about

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entered was a

a tall man in a white coat, with a quality black shirt peeking out beneath it. He

to greet me.

had seen before, this was another

forced a smile and shook his

replied, his voice

and the matter of the Stone of

high-definition electronic laryngoscope. "Don't worry.

I nodded.

was over, Carter asked, "What's causing her inability to

not congenital or due to physical overexertion. I checked her vocal cords carefully There's only one explanation. The drug she was given affected her

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disrupting her speech center."

it be treated?"

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given is a rare illegal compound.

heard the drug only lasts seven days. Could her voice recover

her implied that if she takes the antidote within seven

result wasn't surprising-it

used chips and chains to trap Whitney, while Yael used

Amber I was alive because he already knew I'd have to beg him for the antidote to regain my

for me to give in and come to

"That b*st*rd!" Carter growled.

hand,