Regret Came Too Late

Grace didn't say a word. She had previously asked one of Ed's friends to help deal with a body, but Daphne wasn't the type to just vanish without anyone

noticing.

Even if the Yule family didn't exactly welcome her, she had shown her face in front of plenty of people. If she went missing, they'd start digging immediately.

Grace could already feel the trouble piling up. It was like she had walked right into a trap-like someone had been laying the groundwork all along.

Lyle's voice got quiet and cautious. "Grace, I swear, it wasn't me."

Grace was just about to reassure him when police sirens lit up the block. A squad of cruisers pulled up around her, and before she could react, cold silver handcuffs were snapped around her wrists.

The whole thing took less than five minutes. She tried to say something to Lyle, but the officers didn't give her a chance. They dragged her off without a word.

Lyle stood frozen, watching as they bagged the body and loaded it up. A chill shot straight up his spine.

Snapping out of it, he took off toward the cottage behind them and banged on the door with everything he had. "Get the hell out here!"

to lose it, a

under his breath and dropped down onto the steps, clutching the wound. That was when he heard the

himself up, fuming, but the voice from the doorway stopped him

tone was casual, almost bored, but it sliced straight through him like a

but whatever they had loaded that

savior? Don't forget, you brought all this chaos on her. So, go ahead-keep hiding while

mouth, a boot came down hard

out a mouthful of blood. "You're a damn psychopath. You know you're living on borrowed time. She doesn't give a damn about your tragic little monster life. She should've never fallen for a freak like

face. A tooth flew from his mouth, and his eyes burned red with rage. "I can't wait to see how this all

one of them walked away from

that it looked like it had been run over. Still, pride kept him from breaking. He wasn't

door

out, "Ed, that's enough. You kill him, and you'll owe her

the wind outside seemed to

everyone there felt like they were standing on the edge of a