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Chapter 120

Arabella

“Help.” My voice is hoarse, and my breathing is shallow. “Please, someone help me.”

I can’t get out. The walls are closing in. Sweating and shaking, my throat tightens, and I’m choking. I open my mouth to scream, but the only sound that comes out is a whimper.

I’m going to die.

This was what Evan planned, to leave me trapped with no way out.

Eli is never going to find me in here. Why would anyone look in the coffin? If Evan has gone, why would anyone search it at all?

A hysterical laugh leaves my throat.

I’ll just be one more ghost to haunt the cemetery. No one is going to find my body. I’ll rot inside here on top of Churchill Bradley himself.

I laugh and laugh until it trails off into hopeless tears.

Maybe I’ll just go to sleep, and I won’t feel a thing?

“Eli.” His name leaves my lips in an agonized whisper. I love him so much, and I should have stayed with him. I wish we’d had more time.

Exhaustion settles over me.

Tears spill down my cheeks, and I close my eyes. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”

Chapter 121

Eli

“Where is she?” I surge toward Evan, who throws his head back and grins at me.

“Somewhere you’ll never find her.”

“Where the fuck is she?” It’s my turn to wrap a hand around his throat.

Hands pull at my wrist, dragging me away from him. I shake them off and surge forward again, only to find myself stopped, held in the grip of two police officers.

Evan laughs.

“Checkmate, Eli. I took your knight, and now I’ve taken your queen.”

“We’ll find her.”

I snap my head sideways to search out the cop who spoke. “Will you? Like you found him? If it wasn’t for me, he’d still be fucking out there.” I pull free. “I need to find her.”

“She’s talking to the angels now, Eli.” Evan cackles, lips pulled tight into a distorted grin.

Angels? My gaze jerks in the direction of the chapel, and I take off at a run.

“Eli! Wait!” Garrett’s shout doesn’t slow me down, and I make it to the chapel in record time. But when I reach the doors, I stop.

What if she’s in there?

What if she’s on the altar the same way Kellan was?

My heart stutters in my chest.

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