Rebirth Into My Second Chance

Chapter 269

"Just because you once saved me with a mere sentence, you've sacrificed so much, Max. It's not worth it, is it? So many people have paid a heavy price for me, losing their lives in the process. How could I possibly be happy about that?" Yeah, who would want to live a life stepping over the bodies of others?

"Claire..." He held me in his arms, and I quietly rested against his chest. What am I supposed to do? Every time I seek the truth, someone dies.

Should I just quietly wait until everyone around me is gone?

In Max's embrace, I fell asleep. It was only when he left that I could slip away to find the sister in the mountains. I wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with her in battle; after all, we've both tasted death, haven't we?

When I woke up, Kate and Tracey had already left. Friends and enemies, folks who loved me and folks who hated me, one by one, they all took off.

I didn't know where Max had gone, only that he was navigating through perilous waters.

Helen stayed by my side, and I told her, "I want a Beacon Hollow honeycake. Go buy one for me, will you?"

Instead, she grabbed my hand, shaking her head, "You're trying to trick me into leaving again. It won't work, Claire Floyd. Mr. Hilton will lose his mind if he can't find you. Last time, he wouldn't have gotten hurt if I hadn't let you go on your own. He was caught off guard when he found out, and that's how he was ambushed. He had everything planned out already."

She looked at me, shaking her head incessantly.

know Max is solid, but how much can just one guy do to keep everyone safe? I can't just

turns out, all these deaths were because the royal family was

hurt, it must have been the work of those royal folks.

could he

you then? At least

comes Helen pleaded. "Consider

with you and Mr. Hilton

time."

don't want to create more karma. Wouldn't it be better if everyone just lived well? Why

had died last time, no one else would

I'm

it's a journey to the underworld, it's better not to walk it

we set off

soon as we

we saw the man

he