Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 95

“Who might you be?” I asked with a cool indifference, feigning ignorance as if addressing a stranger.

Coraline’s face flushed with a flicker of anger, clearly riled by my pretense.

Yet, she quickly let out a sardonic laugh. “Oh, I heard Brendan’s under the weather, leaving you and that filthy imbecile to fend for yourselves. Poor sis, you really drew the short straw.”

I didn’t even grace her with a glance. Compared to Melody, Coraline seemed green around the edges.

Melody was the type whose malice was hidden beneath a veneer of charm, but Coraline wore her nastiness like a badge of honor.

“A barking dog never bites,” I mused internally. “Melody’s in a whole different league than Coraline.”

Now that I’ve faced down Melody without flinching, why would I be scared of a spoiled bully like Coraline?

“What’s with the attitude? I deign to call you ‘sister‘ and you act all high and mighty!” Coraline fumed, blocking my path.

I knew that Coraline was the one initially intended to marry into the Langley family. Raised as the fragile darling of the Larson household, her parents couldn’t bear to send her into the so–called lion’s den, so they had Foebe take her place instead.

didn’t give a damn about Foebe’s well–being. On her very first night there, Foebe must have fought

woke

it feel to be married to an imbecile?” Coraline

my voice resonating with a firmness that brooked no argument.

my house.” She was

memories, I could sense a deep–seated

for stealing the parental love that was rightfully hers. Because of the life

of poverty had stripped Foebe of confidence, her natural beauty overshadowed by insecurity despite her

a wealthy family, but even he was snatched

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my house; what right do

was timid to

almost laughed at the irony–there actually was someone in this world who lived a life even

wasn’t naturally timid; it was only after losing my parents at eighteen and being at the mercy of others that I learned to hide

a cold gaze. “Last I checked, the name on the

her eyes as if