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.

mustering my courage and taking a firm grip on Colin’s hand

the car.

way,” Eric said, waiting for us at the entrance.

along, following Eric to

praying for ancestral blessings on whatever was troubling him.

a memorial tablet for Brendan’s eldest son, Colin’s father Ethan Langley. Though Colin was born out of wedlock, he was still

fixed intently on that

Langley was accompanied by another for

all perished in a car accident, the very heirs Brendan had painstakingly groomed

was initially the least favored by Brendan: indulgent, undisciplined, and

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promising line was cut short in that tragic accident, leaving Samuel as Brendan’s sole surviving son–an underachiever incapable of producing

in tradition as Brendan, the absence of an heir was a major issue–how could he let the Langley lineage end with him? That’s where Colin and I came

the Langley family, our roles were clear: we were mere instruments for bearing

finishing his prayers,

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

in me, but fearing Brendan’s reprimand, I softly coaxed him. “Colin, it’s time to offer your respects.”

turned to me, his voice hoarse.

moment, seeing the

All liars?