hapter 119 The Kiss of Life

Cedric gave Baz an order. “Search for the cat, Baz.”

“The cat?” Baz’s face was blank for a while before he caught on to what Cedric meant.

It wasn’t human, so it couldn’t talk. However, he had to track it down. It might prove useful!

“Roger. I’ll send some men to look for it.”

The air of hostility about Cedric was unmistakable. “I’ll kill anyone who touches her!”

It was pitch dark. A revolting smell of blood and osmanthus lingered in the air.

Maia’s head felt heavy. She pulled herself up and the memory of what happened came flooding into her mind.

She had been on her way back to her homestay when someone covered her mouth with a rag. Then, she passed out.

Maia couldn’t make out her surroundings. She caught a whiff of the revolting scent and nearly threw

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She wasn’t sure if it was day or night. She started exploring once her eyes adjusted to the darkness.

A barely visible figure caught her attention. Maia stopped in her tracks and crept closer.

She wasn’t sure what it was, but she was completely dumbstruck when she was near the figure. It was a human!

Maia was so shocked that she forgot how to scream.

She ran toward the door, but her legs gave out and she fell to the ground. The pain was

excruciating.

gritted her teeth, mustering all her

  1. up.

She

open the

It was dawn.

and looked back into the

It was Zera!

when she saw how bruised Zera’s face was. She

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happen…?

head in fear. She couldn’t believe

“On your feet!”

someone

her up before she could do anything. He held her in his arms and

“Are you hurt?”

the warehouse, “Zera’s lying on the floor. I don’t know what

merely looked at Zera from afar and said, “She’s

Maia was shocked beyond words, “She’s dead? How can that be? How did you find

“The cat helped.”

dumbstruck. “What do you

jeans and saw her injured

right after he turned around, “It’s too

out of it. First, he appeared out of nowhere. Then, he said he found her through the cat and wanted to take her away in a hurry. Now, he was saying it’s too

followed his gaze and saw that the Stonebrook police and crew were

you were

paused before it hit her. “Are you trying to say that someone killed Zera and kidnapped

chuckled. She was quick on

checked that Zera was indeed dead. Then, they called forensics and approached Maia with

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