Chapter 48

It was a visceral reaction to the utmost sorrow and fear, not because the scene was

particularly grotesque.

In the dim cellar, there stood a life–sized glass case, illuminated from beneath, reminiscent of an artifact on display in a museum.

Within the glass, the sight was chilling: myself, hung with countless IV bags like a marionette. eyes gouged out and covered with a crimson blindfold.

My skin was pale and bloodless, and I wore only a scarlet slip dress with my feet nailed to the display stand.

The police and paramedics gingerly lifted the glass cover, and everyone gasped at the sight of

  1. me.

For a moment, my body seemed like a macabre work of art, exhibited there.

Dexter stood frozen, his gaze jumping erratically, eyes brimming with horror and confusion.

I didn’t know what was going through his mind. Even I couldn’t bear to look any longer.

her earrings too, crystals… Everything on

is faint,” the doctor shouted, signaling everyone to be careful

shock to the doctor. A pulse? Faint

not dead?

drugs. These are nutrients to maintain basic bodily functions. Right now, the victim is in a comatose state but still

her emotions raw and spiraling out of control. “Save her, please. Robin, save her!

She didn’t

only be positioned like this. If moved…” the doctor

save her,” Stella

numbly, slowly closing

vanished with my

it was a long

Chapter 48

Save her.

an ironic

trying to confirm that the person displayed in the glass case was

Dexter said in a hoarse, deep voice, sounding like he was searching

after confirming

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