A Forgotten Kill – J K Ellem

Carolyn sat on the edge of the bed, her mind circling like a dog in a cage. She’d hardly thought of anything other than the “picnic” with Elias, if you could call it that—his sudden unveiling of her gun like a magician pulling a rabbit from a hat. His boyish way of playing with it as though it were a toy instead of a weapon. She kept replaying it in her mind. His voice, playful at first, then darker. If you run, there will be consequences.

He had said it outright, the threat obvious. She rubbed her face with her hands. Every instinct screamed at her to get out, to use the hairpin, the cookbook, the chance she had to escape. But Melody’s ghost seemed to sit at her shoulder, whispering: Don’t run. Not yet. Not until you know what happened to me. The house fell quiet. Quiet enough that Carolyn heard the faint, blurred voices drifting up through the floorboards. She froze, leaning forward on the bed, straining to listen.

“…not right,” Elias’s voice. Thick, uncertain, like a boy confessing something he didn’t want to admit. “She’s not like Melody, Momma. She’ll leave us. She’ll betray us.” Carolyn’s heart quickened. He was talking about her. Bev’s reply came sharp, thin, each word clipped like the crack of a whip.

“Don’t be foolish. You know why she’s here. You know why she must stay. By God’s grace, her shadow crossed our threshold.” “She’s not—” Elias broke off, his tone faltering. “She’s not her.” “She doesn’t need to be.” Bev’s voice lowered into something steadier, coaxing, the way one might calm a spooked horse. “You know what must be done. The Dalton name, Eli.

That’s what matters.” A chair scraped. Elias muttered something Carolyn couldn’t catch, his voice half swallowed in the wood. Carolyn pressed her palm flat against the mattress to steady herself. The Dalton name? She mouthed the words silently. What did Bev mean by that? The words settled in her stomach like stones, heavy and cold. If Elias was doubting her, her plan to use him to discover Melody’s fate might already be slipping.

And Bev—Bev, who Carolyn had thought of as cruel but cautious—wasn’t plotting to drive her out. She was insisting that Carolyn stay. This was worse than she thought. The old Carolyn appeared in her mind again. The old Carolyn could easily kick open the bedroom door, march downstairs, and deal with the two of them. Gun or no gun. She would free that woman in the shed.

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© Copyrighted Material 2025 www.jkellem.com All rights reserved 1kitap1.com/en CONTENTS Cast of Characters 1. Carolyn 2. Wildflowers 3. Echo Trail 4. A Promise 5. Clues 6. Dana 7. Kill Plot 8. The Weak Spot 9. The Clearing 10. Warren Dalton 11. Recon 12. The Others 13. The Good Son 14. Loose Knot 15. Key 16. Fork 17. Redemption 18. Substitute 19. The Watcher 20. Drink 21. Doreen 22. Crosses 23. Smile 24. Picnic 25. Dead Rabbits 26. Bloodline 27. Threshold 28.

Other Girl 29. House Rules 30. Stew 31. Cookbook 32. Barn 33. Vessel 34. Stain 35. Escape 36. Pantry 37. Shovel 38. Hide & Seek 39. The Lie 40. The Only Door Left 41. Get Out 42. Help 43. Left Behind 44. Necessary Lies 45. Don’t Stop 46. He’s Here 47. Elias, 2006 48. Returning 49. Freedom 50. The Truth 51. Killing Choices 52. I am Melody 53.

Going Home 54. Blood Ties 55. I Can’t Stand to Fly 56. Never Forgotten Epilogue A Festive Kill Synopsis The Erin’s Bay Universe Also available by JK Ellem Join the Ravenwood Readers Club A Personal Favor For Me! About the Author 1kitap1.com/en This one’s for Carolyn. It’s been eight years since you first walked onto my page and refused to leave. Since then, it has been an honor and absolute pleasure to write you.

During this time, I’ve made you do things you didn’t want to do and taken you to places you never wanted to go to face the worst villains born from the darkest corners of my twisted imagination. You never asked for any of it. Yet you swallowed all the fear I heaped on you, endured every painful injury I gave you, and overcame each seemingly impossible situation I could throw at you.

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