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

the car.

come this way,” Eric

following

praying for ancestral blessings on whatever was troubling

Ethan Langley. Though Colin

fixed intently on that tablet, his face

was accompanied by another

a car accident, the very heirs Brendan had painstakingly groomed to take over

Samuel, he was initially the least favored by Brendan: indulgent, undisciplined, and lacking in

Chapter 77

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

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

our roles were clear: we

finishing his prayers,

he wouldn’t take it, his eyes glued to the memorial tablet. I could tell he was filled with

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

his voice hoarse. “You’re

the depth of disappointment in

All liars?