Chapter 16
Adelaide followed the directions Edgar gave me, which took us to a farmhouse.
“Do you want me to come with you?” she asked.
“No,” I said, shaking my head. “I need to do this alone. Go back to the hotel. Don’t open the door for anybody. I hope this is the last time I ever see you.”
“I hate to say it,” Adelaide replied, lingering on her daughter’s face for a long moment, “but I feel the same way.”
“I will make sure Aziolith knows that Kimberly is my heir and ask that he welcome her as he welcomed me.”
Adelaide nodded. “Alright, well...good luck, then.”
Edgar said they buried my body in a shallow grave on the other side of the creek back behind the farmhouse. The place had been abandoned for some time, and once Adelaide pulled away there was nothing but the sound of rushing
