Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 77

I’m not sure how long I was out, but when I woke up, I found Colin’s hand still cushioning my head.

Rubbing my forehead, I gazed at Colin, bleary–eyed. Had he been holding up my head the whole journey?

Over three hours…

Was he genuinely challenged or just playing the fool?

“Where are we?” I murmured.

“The Langley old house,” Colin whispered back, clutching my hand as if he feared something terrible.

Those pitiful yet captivating deep eyes of his always seemed to trigger a protective instinct in others.

“Don’t worry, I’m right here,” I reassured him, patting the back of his hand, though I was pretty scared myself.

What was this place, some kind of haunted manor in the middle of nowhere? The surrounding wilderness was eerie enough, and the house itself looked downright desolate.

And with the lights on at this hour, it resembled a scene straight out of a horror flick about a haunted village.

firm grip on Colin’s hand as we got out of

the car.

Madam, please come this way,” Eric said, waiting

following Eric

tablets, probably praying for ancestral blessings on whatever

for Brendan’s eldest son, Colin’s father Ethan Langley. Though Colin was born

fixed intently on that tablet, his face expressionless.

inspection, I noticed the tablet for Ethan Langley was accompanied by another

accident, the very heirs Brendan had painstakingly groomed

he was initially the least favored by Brendan: indulgent, undisciplined, and lacking in wit–hardly a

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short in that tragic accident, leaving Samuel as Brendan’s sole surviving son–an underachiever incapable of producing an heir.

heir was a major issue–how could he let the Langley lineage end with him? That’s

clear: we were mere instruments for bearing the

your respects,” Brendan instructed after finishing his prayers, turning to look at Colin and me.

out to Colin, but he wouldn’t take it, his eyes glued to

Brendan’s reprimand, I softly coaxed

me, his voice hoarse.

froze for a moment, seeing the depth of disappointment in his eyes.

All liars?