Chapter 423

Briony's pupils shrank in shock.

She'd done it.

She'd finally driven the blade of her hatred straight into Stewart's body with her own hands.

Warm, sticky liquid seeped across her palm.

She knew it was Stewart's blood.

But Stewart didn't move-not even a flicker of resistance.

Was he dead?

Was Stewart... dead?

Had she killed someone?

Tears slipped down her cheek.

Briony's breath came in ragged gasps, her whole body shaking uncontrollably.

"Bryn..."

Stewart slowly lifted his head to look at her.

gone deathly pale, sweat beading across his

hand jerked

grunted in pain, collapsing onto his

When she hit the edge of the bed, she tumbled off and crashed onto the floor. Ignoring the pain, she staggered to her feet and bolted for

"Bryn..."

wrenched the door

knife embedded in his side, forced himself upright. He staggered after her,

hear him. Without a

his body, Stewart, terrified she might hurt herself, gritted his

pressed close around the ship as it

the way

Stewart's blood-old stains and new, mingling

he caught up. Her scream tore through

Stewart stopped immediately.

very edge of the deck, nothing behind her but the pitch-black,

shrieked

through the sky, thunder rumbled. The storm was

Briony's hair into wild tangles, and the heavy wedding dress only

Stewart watched, heart clenching with panic, convinced the wind could sweep her into the waves at any

you anymore..."

there. Come here. We'll go back to Northborough right

I'll never believe you

as the wind battered her, nearly knocking her

below grew rougher; lightning split the sky again and again. To stay out on the deck in a

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