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

head started turning as she thought about the possible perpetrators who could want to

rely on her to climb the ranks in the Nightshires. He was only too eager to pamper her, so there was no way he could have

only possibilities left were Cindy

a plan on the first

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

yourself. If you want me dead, you’re going to have to try a lot

struck one, and the night was even darker than before. Almost everyone in

All except for Shandie.

awake and waiting to receive the news of

hours, yet there was still no good news

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

per my orders? If that’s the case,

“You’ve misunderstood, Ms. Shandie! I did as you instructed and bought the most venomous snake I could find. I had

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 replied with brows knitted

have

it be that

picked is very aggressive. He had even starved the snake

more puzzled now. “So, what could

that the snake’s venom is very potent. Without treatment, the victim will surely die. Perhaps the snake had already bitten

already dead!” Shandie interrupted with a glint in her

I find an excuse to enter

a wave of her hands. “We have to keep this on the down-low. You’d only incur suspicion if you were to go to her room. Besides, what if she gets sent to the hospital and they manage to revive her? I say we let

Ms. Shandie. It’d be more prudent to wait till the morning. She’d be long gone by then, and not even the best doctor,

of her. After a while, she removed her necklace

Feel free to let me know if there’s anything else

had from having murdered Arielle disappeared as soon

what I’ve done counts as murder anyway. After all, it was the snake that killed her. My conscience

good night’s sleep tonight,” Shandie

would pretend to stumble upon her sister’s body,

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