"Lyse is like Dr. House. She gets excited at the sight of corpses," Axel couldn't help but tease his sister.

"Did that guy drop dead just like that? By hitting his head against the divider?" Xavier grappled with the lingering fear when he recalled the horrifying expression on that man.

Alyssa, having spent a mere few minutes with the corpse, suspected there was more to the man's death. She analyzed, "That might not be the case. Before he fainted, he exhibited symptoms of a seizure.

"Besides, the muscles across his body contracted rhythmically while he lost consciousness. Epilepsy is a plausible cause of death, but we'll need to wait for the post-mortem report."

"Epilepsy? People might think he overdosed." Axel pushed his tongue against his cheek, still indulging in the scene out of a horror movie just now. "I had experience dealing with some drug addicts when I was abroad. They looked exactly like the man just now when they were high or experienced withdrawal symptoms—zombie-like."

Alyssa panted gently in Jasper's embrace. Jasper lowered his gaze and wiped off the sweat on the tip of her nose. He remarked, "Lyse, the man was from The Ivory Gang."

"How did you know about it?" The Ivory Gang was run by

noticed the gang logo of The Ivory Gang

of the gang members, eh? An overdose

Colene told me that doing drugs is banned in the gang. If any of their members are found to be on drugs, they will

that was the past. Marc Waters is now a dying man; he can no longer keep everyone in check. I bet he can't do much if one of his members wanted to break the rules behind his back." Squinting, Axel let out

You're talking about Colene's dad. Show him some respect even if you disagree

Sorry, I might be too conservative, but I can't show them any respect at all." Axel glanced out of the window, his tight jaw reflected on

marriages. Every time the topic was

Winston and me," Alyssa lowered her gaze and said in a feeble, glum voice, "She's had her uterus removed anyway, so she can't have a child

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