Chapter 9 Want Her Dead

Arielle decided to get up to look around. But instead of turning on the lights, she chose to rely on her phone’s illumination as she searched every corner of the room.

Hiss!

All of a sudden, she heard something odd that sounded like someone was breathing rapidly.

It took a while, but Arielle managed to pinpoint the source of the sound. It came from her bed and was only about three feet away from her.

What the hell is it?

Arielle hurriedly increased the brightness on her phone screen and shone it in the direction of the sound.

To her horror, it was a cobra angrily hissing away.

The cobra had long set its sight on Arielle as it reared itself up and stared at her with a pair of piercing green eyes.

If she hadn’t gotten up because the noise bothered her, Arielle would have fallen victim to the cobra’s venomous bite.

All of a sudden, the cobra launched itself toward Arielle, aiming for her neck.

Thanks to her training, Arielle had lightning-fast reflexes and dodged the cobra’s attack in the nick of time.

She then swiftly caught the cobra by its tail and flung it hard against the floor, knocking it out almost immediately.

Eager to cut off the head of the cobra, Arielle whipped out the scissors she had initially kept under her pillow as a precautionary measure.

However, before she could deal the finishing blow, Arielle was hit by a sudden realization. The snake was indeed a cobra, but it would never be found here in the North since its species lived in the South.

This cobra couldn’t have accidentally crawled into my room. Someone must have put it here!

Arielle recalled the footsteps she had heard earlier and put two and two together. She finally understood the intention of the person who had stood briefly on her balcony before leaving.

people want

in Arielle’s head started turning as she thought

her and was confident he could rely on her to climb the ranks in the Nightshires. He was only too eager to pamper her, so

possibilities left were Cindy and

collected person. It was unlikely that she’d carry out such a plan on the first night of Arielle’s return. That meant that Shandie was the most likely

narrowed at the thought of that, her gaze turning colder under the illumination of

you want me dead, you’re

darker than before. Almost everyone

All except for Shandie.

awake and waiting to receive the news

a few hours, yet there was still no good news for

it. She dialed Janet’s number and ordered her up to her

asked, “Did you not do as per my orders? If that’s the case, you can wait for the police to

panicked and immediately explained, “You’ve misunderstood, Ms. Shandie! I did as you instructed and bought the most

heard anything? If the snake had bitten her, she’d have woken up, screaming in pain. My room is so close to hers, yet I haven’t heard any screams,” Shandie

have no

it be that the snake doesn’t

her head. “No, the seller assured me that the snake he picked is very aggressive. He had even starved the snake for days,

puzzled now.

that the snake’s venom is very potent. Without treatment, the victim will surely die. Perhaps the snake had already bitten her? But before she could react, the venom had taken effect, which

interrupted with a

Ms. Shandie, should I find an excuse to enter her room so I

only incur suspicion if you were to go to her room. Besides, what if she gets sent to the

be long gone by then, and not even the best doctor, or even God himself, would be

unable to contain the excitement bubbling inside of her. After a while, she removed

free to let me know if there’s anything else

Shandie!” Janet exclaimed. The initial fear she had from having murdered Arielle disappeared as soon as she saw the

what I’ve done counts as murder anyway. After all, it

then, you can go back now. I can finally have a good night’s sleep tonight,” Shandie said as

as she woke up. She would pretend to stumble upon her sister’s body, and when it came to the funeral, she’d cry a river of tears for all to

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