Chapter 139

“What… what have you done?” My voice tightened as I spoke, the urge to move forward gripping

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His skin was too pale, a bloodless, ghostly white that contrasted starkly with the dark crimson of his blood.

My breathing was shaky, my heart pounding with an unexplainable fear.

“Don’t come any closer…” He sounded frightened of my approach, scared that I would see him

as he was now.

He had been calling out for Phoebe in a panic, as if afraid of losing something precious.

“Stay away, don’t look at me…” Suddenly, he lost control; his eyes reddened as he turned and ran back to his room, slamming the door shut behind him.

I couldn’t just leave him like that; I followed and knocked, but he wouldn’t open the door.

His bloody footprints were a jarring trail on the floor.

Since my rebirth, I realized I’d never truly faced Caleb’s condition. I knew he had mental health issues, that he could be unstable, even dangerous–maybe even a murderer.

to know him, I saw he could be calm if not provoked. I hadn’t

before, quickly called for the family doctor

tried to follow, but Eric

out here. Mr. Caleb might not want

him in a pitiful state.

happening?” I asked Eric in a hushed, frantic tone.

terrifying. He gets urges to lash out, but he… he never truly

could harm themselves to maintain their sanity in moments of

was one such

sedate Caleb, listening to his gut–wrenching screams

must he endure to have transformed

could almost

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Chapter 139

I reached out as

to my senses, I was bewildered.

was I

down my

finally calmed down and fell

been panting from worry and panic, finally relaxed. He stepped out, looked

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