After My Death, My Husband Who Threw Me Into the Hunting Grounds Went Insane novel Chapter 10

I stood by silently, stunned.

So that's how Liam saw me.

Without hesitation, he rushed back to the cold storage to confirm what he'd just learned.

Ethan, who had been enduring hours of alternating cold and warmth with the occasional space heater, was visibly exhausted. His body trembled, and his spirit seemed almost broken.

Liam hauled Ethan to his feet, his voice sharp and demanding.

"Why didn't Emily tell me she saved me?"

Ethan let out a dry, humorless laugh, as if Liam had just said the most ridiculous thing in the world.

"Did you ever give her the chance to explain?"

Liam froze, unable to respond.

In his mind, memories of the messy fights I'd started to drive Chloe away flashed by. He'd always taken Chloe's side without hesitation, refusing to listen to me.

Our home, the place we'd built together, had become a space he avoided entirely.

It was no secret, even to those around us.

Ethan, reading Liam's silence, pressed on.

"Emily loved you so much that she took a knife for you. She was left with an ugly scar on her arm because of it. Do you even know that? Did you care enough to notice?"

Ethan's voice rose with every word, until he was nearly shouting.

"If you didn't love her, you should've let her go—not locked her away like some prisoner!"

Liam latched onto one detail, his eyes narrowing.

"What did you just say? Emily got a tattoo? What kind of tattoo?"

Ethan scoffed, shaking his head.

He let out a guttural cry of anguish.

"Emily!"

The raw emotion in his voice broke something inside me.

Ethan's eyes brimmed with tears as he stumbled toward my body.

His breathing was shallow and erratic, as if he couldn't bear the truth in front of him.

Gently, he reached out, his trembling fingers brushing against my cheek.

"Emily... it's me, Ethan," he whispered, his voice cracking. "Wake up. Please, tell me this isn't real."

But no matter how much he pleaded, I couldn't respond.

I could only stand there, watching helplessly as Ethan crumbled, his grief consuming him.