My Cruel Death Killed Him Too

The second day after my death, Chris cornered Connor in the patrol team's locker room."You have to look for Sylvia," Chris said, his eyes bloodshot. "It's been days now!"At those words, Connor slammed his locker door shut with a loud bang."She's taken things too far this time." He kept his back to Chris, his voice thick with familiar impatience. "The whole pack is helping prepare for Vivian's ceremony, and only Sylvia has pulled this disappearing act. Clearly, she's trying to embarrass me."I wanted to scream that it wasn't true, but he couldn't hear me."Sylvia would never do that!" Chris snapped. "She's been preparing for Vivian's ceremony—""What has she prepared?" Connor whipped around and cut him off sharply. "All she ever prepared was to wear a scowl at the ceremony and to embarrass Vivian in front of everyone."Chris, you're well aware of how sensitive, paranoid, and passive-aggressive Sylvia has become these past few years, especially toward Vivian."A sharp pain sho

Connor practically charged out of the venue. He didn't even bother to change out of the cumbersome formal attire.The old pier was surrounded by patrol vehicles. The air reeked of blood and a faint smell of silver rust that made every werewolf instinctively tremble with fear.It was a poison engineered for our kind, designed to prevent healing and amplify agony. It was a contraband so dangerous that it was strictly banned even on the black market.Chris stood at the entrance of a warehouse with his back against the flashing police lights, holding a transparent evidence bag.Connor strode over and, disregarding the rules against touching evidence, snatched the bag from Chris' hand.Upon seeing the gemstone bracelet inside the bag, he staggered slightly. He gently turned the evidence bag over and read the label on the back.Item: Suspected victim's accessoryDiscovery Location: Severed hand near a large area of spattered blood in the southeast corner of the warehouseExtracted By:

The subsequent investigation was a slow, excruciating ordeal for Connor.The medical examiner's report was detailed and chilling."Ms. Sylvia Kline died from massive blood loss combined with silver poisoning. She had been dismembered while still alive, with clear signs of repeated cutting and probing on the wounds, indicating the perpetrator's intent to prolong her suffering."She had severe tearing in her lower body, from which traces of semen from four different werewolves were extracted. Drag marks, approximately 25 feet long, stretched from the southeast corner of the warehouse to the entrance."The victim may have been gravely injured elsewhere before being dragged to the warehouse to continue the assault, or the perpetrator may have deliberately moved her to different locations to carry out the torture in stages. The estimated time of death was late at night, four days ago."It was right when I made my last phone call to Connor. He had been busy preparing for Vivian's ceremo

The trial was held one month later, and the proceedings were public, swift, and merciless.The evidence was irrefutable, and Lina confessed to all charges willingly.She even seemed to relish recounting how she had plotted her revenge, how she had gotten close to Connor, how she had methodically driven us apart, and finally, how she had tortured and killed me.Jaxton was also captured while attempting to flee and brought to trial.In the end, Lina was convicted of murder, espionage, use of contraband, and desecration of a werewolf's body.With multiple charges combined, she received the maximum sentence. She'd be stripped of her wolf and permanently exiled to the Eternal Night Wasteland.As an accomplice, Jaxton received the same sentence of permanent exile.The gavel fell, and the judge said, "Sentence to be carried out immediately."As Lina was escorted away, she was still laughing. That laughter echoed through the courtroom like an undying curse.On the day of the exile, Co