Chapter 3

"I didn't dare call the cops. I was scared they'd never believe me. So I buried her somewhere nobody would ever find," Austin said.

"You..." My nails dug so hard into my palm that it hurt. "You killed her."

"It wasn't me." Austin shook his head. "I just didn't save her when I could."

He looked at me like I was a naive child.

"Anna, you're different from them. You're the one I've been searching for all my life. Your sister resembled you, but she wasn't you. The moment I first saw you, I knew you were mine," Austin said.