Chapter 207

Dorian lay slumped in the interrogation chair, his face smeared with blood, a twisted smile on his lips as crimson droplets trickled from his mouth.

With what little strength he had left, he gazed at the ceiling and chuckled. “Free… I’m about to be free.”

Robin stood beside him, a tempest of emotions raging within, his hands stained with blood. He had lashed out at Dorian, and it seemed Dorian had anticipated his own end.

Just one punch from Robin, and Dorian was spitting blood.

Dorian was gone before the medics could arrive, his last breath slipping away.

Robin stood there, numb, realization hitting him hard. Dorian had deliberately provoked him, pushed him to lash out. Dorian had wanted to die..

The surveillance footage showed Robin’s strike, a classic case of excessive force during questioning.

Robin was in for it now. There would be repercussions, a suspension, a halt to all his ongoing cases. And if he stepped away from this one, the investigation would stall, giving the real murderer more time to strike.

Dorian was nothing but a pawn.

colleagues, Robin stepped out of the room, lighting a cigarette, his fingers trembling. “That bastard knew we’d find Melody. It was never

gaze dropping as he fell silent. He had figured it out, but it was too late.

be Dorian…” Robin stumbled upon a terrifying truth. The murderer is both culprit and victim.”

was puzzled. What did

those guys trick Colin and Carter into a room, lock them in, and then… ignite the fire. He didn’t go to the teachers; he just hid under his covers, shivering.”

imagined the fire would spread through the whole floor, trapping them in

traumatized and wanted to avenge those who started the fire. He admitted to several assaults. I

bloodied hands, his mind having gone blank in

on you,” Stella said,

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“He wouldn’t name his accomplices, denied there were any. But he wasn’t

mastermind,” Colin whispered. “Just a pawn, a doomed player in the

that among the previous victims, there were perpetrators, too? They included themselves in the plan?” I asked

so long. Robin even longer. We were on the right track, so why couldn’t we find the

three different people we saw in

struck a chord with Robin, who suddenly looked up at me.

took a deep drag on his cigarette, and

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