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 me

as she thought about the possible perpetrators who could want

her to climb the ranks in the Nightshires. He was only too eager to pamper her, so there

only possibilities left were

out such a plan on

thought of that, her

yourself. If you want me

was even darker than before. Almost everyone in the villa had fallen into a

All except for Shandie.

and waiting to receive the news of

it had already been a few hours, yet there was still no good news

stand it. She dialed Janet’s

as Janet stepped in, Shandie asked, “Did you not do as per my orders? If that’s the case, you can wait

did as you instructed and bought the most venomous snake I

screaming in pain. My room is so close to hers, yet I haven’t heard any

I have

that the snake doesn’t

snake he picked is very aggressive. He had even starved the snake for days, so

was even more puzzled now. “So, what could have

treatment, the victim will surely die. Perhaps the snake had already bitten her? But before she could react, the venom had taken effect, which

Shandie interrupted with a glint in

case, Ms. Shandie, should I find an

were to go to her room. Besides, what if she gets sent to the hospital and they

to wait till the morning. She’d be long gone by then,

inside of her. After a while, she removed

necklace is your reward. Feel free to let me

had from having murdered Arielle

counts as murder anyway. After all, it was the snake that killed her. My conscience can remain

good night’s sleep tonight,” Shandie said as she shooed Janet out of

to picture how she’d let things play out as soon as she woke up. She would pretend to stumble

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